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Jack Hightower Full Name: Jack English Hightower Date of birth: September 6, 1926 Date of death: August 3, 2013 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 30 Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975 63rd (1)   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Archer, Baylor, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger S 30 Jan 12, 1971 - Jan 9, 1973 62nd (2) (3)   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger Senate President Pro Tempore (62nd)   Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, King, Knox, Lamb, Motley, Parmer, Swisher, Wichita, Wilbarger S 30 Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 12, 1971 60th (4)   61st   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, King, Knox, Lamb, Motley, Parmer, Swisher, Wichita, Wilbarger S 23 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th (5)   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young H 82 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger (1) 63rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/10/1973, pp. 12-13. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. (2) 62nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/12/1971. Senate Journal. (3) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1972 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators. (4) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. (5) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1966 due to redistricting. Reapportionment of Senate districts occurred in the 59th Legislature, Regular Session (1965), ch. 324 (SB 547). Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 83rd Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Representatives move that the House stand adjourned in memory of the Honorable Jack Hightower of Vernon and the Honorable Lois DeBerry of Tennessee. House Journal. 56th Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 66, named one of outstanding District Attorneys for the year 1959 by Texas Law Enforcement Foundation. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 61st Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 38. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 62nd Legislature, 2nd C.S., SCR 5, highest office in Texas Masonry, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 62nd Legislature, R.S., SR 117, Capitol building renovation. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 63rd Legislature, R.S., SR 931. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 74th Legislature, R.S., HR 472, retirement. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 83rd Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Senate welcomes the daughters of the late Honorable Jack Hightower; Senators Watson, Duncan, and Seliger offers remarks on his death; and the Senate adjourns sine die in his honor. Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Special Governor Hightower Edition, April 1, 1971, pp. 1-8. Quanah Tribune-Chief. Content provided with permission of the Quanah Tribune-Chief. Biographical sketch and photo. Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature, 1973. Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance, 2015. Hightower, Jack English. Texas State Cemetery. Military Service Notes United States Navy, World War II, 1944-1946. Biography, U.S. Navy: "Jack Hightower graduated from Memphis High School in Memphis, Texas in May 1944. He went directly to Baylor University and immediately enrolled in the summer term. In September of 1944, Hightower turned 18 and chose to leave Baylor University and join the United States Navy. He was sent to San Diego California for basic training and yeomen school. Hightower was later sent to work in San Francisco and was in the balcony of the Opera House when the charter creating the United Nations was signed." Baylor University. United States Navy. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017. Other Resources Jack English Hightower Collection. Baylor Collections of Political Materials, W.R. Poage Legislative Library, Baylor University. Finding Aid HIGHTOWER, Jack English (1926-2013). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators Named 'Honorable Mention'. Best and Worst Legislators, 1973. Photographs Photograph. Jack Hightower, 63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack Hightower, 62nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack Hightower, 61st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack Hightower, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack Hightower, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jack E. Hightower, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 59th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 60th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 61st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 62nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 63rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 63rd R.S. - 1973 Administration (Chair)  Administration Subcommittee on Rules   Constitutional Convention Planning   Finance   Natural Resources   Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water   62nd R.S. - 1971 Administration (Chair)  Administration   Agriculture and Drought Disaster Relief, Special   Agriculture and Livestock   Consumer Protection   County, District and Urban Affairs   Education   Finance   Jurisprudence   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Medical Costs, Interim   Natural Resources   Oil and Gas   Poet Laureate Selection, Special   Privileges and Elections   Problems of Youth, Interim   Rules (Vice Chair)  Rules of the Senate (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   Water and Conservation   Youth Affairs (Chair)  61st R.S. - 1969 Agriculture and Livestock   Attraction of New Industry   Automatic Data Processing   Automobile Insurance Rates   Claims   Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)  Consumer Protection   Contingent Expense (Chair)  Corporate Farming, Livestock Feeding and Ranching Operations   Delinquent Ad Valorem Tax   Education   Finance   Jurisprudence   Livestock Marking and Branding   Motion Picture Theater Industry   Oil and Gas   State Affairs   State and Local Tax Policy   Transportation   Water and Conservation   Youth Affairs   60th R.S. - 1967 Agriculture and Livestock   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Counties, Cities, and Towns   Depuration of Oysters and Other Shellfish   Finance   Game and Fish (Chair)  Insurance   Labor and Management Relations   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Oil and Gas   Placement of Lieutenant Governors' Portraits   Portrait of General William C. Westmoreland   Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice   Water and Conservation   59th R.S. - 1965 Agriculture and Livestock   Contingent Expense   Counties, Cities and Towns   Election Law   Finance   Insurance   Labor and Management Relations (Chair)  Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Military and Veterans Affairs   Nursing Profession   Oil and Gas   State Affairs   Water and Conservation   53rd R.S. - 1953 Banks and Banking   Education   Federal Relations   Public Lands and Buildings   State Affairs

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