Jack E. Hightower

A Representative from Texas. Born in Memphis, Hall County, Tex. , September 6, 1926. B. A. , Baylor University, 1949. LL. B. , Baylor University, 1951. LL. M. , University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1992. Admitted to the Texas bar, 1951. Served in the United States Navy, 1944-1946. Served as district attorney, Forty-sixth Texas Judicial District, 1951-1961. Member, Texas house of representatives, 1953-1954. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States House of Representatives in a special election in 1961. Texas senate, 1965-1974. Delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress. First assistant attorney general of Texas, 1985-1987. Elected to the Texas Supreme Court, (1988. 1992-1995). Appointed to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science by President William J. Clinton, (August 9, 1999-July 19, 2004). Died on August 3, 2013, in Austin, Tex. Interment in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.