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| Affiliation | Republican |
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1985-01-01 |
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| Name | John G. Tower |
| Address |
Wichita Falls, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
September 29, 1925
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| Died | April 05, 1991
(65 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Feb 22, 2022 07:15pm |
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Alcoholic - Navy - Methodist -
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| Info | born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., September 29, 1925; educated in the public schools of Houston and Beaumont, Tex.; enlisted in the Navy during the Second World War in 1943, saw action in the Pacific, and was discharged with the rank of seaman first class in 1946; graduated from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Tex., 1948, and with a graduate degree from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex., 1953; attended London School of Economics and Political Science; member of the faculty of Midwestern University, Wichita Falls, Tex., 1951-1960; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, May 27, 1961, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lyndon B. Johnson for the term ending January 3, 1967; reelected in 1966, 1972, and again in 1978, and served from June 15, 1961, to January 3, 1985; did not seek reelection; chairman, Republican Policy Committee (Ninety-third through Ninety-eighth Congresses), Committee on Armed Services (Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congresses); appointed a member of the United States arms negotiation team in Geneva, Switzerland, by President Ronald Reagan 1985; chairman, President?s Special Review Board (?Tower Commission?) 1987; appointed Secretary of Defense in 1989 by President George Bush but not confirmed; chairman, President?s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1989; was a resident of Dallas, Tex., until his death in a plane crash near Brunswick, Ga., April 5, 1991; interment in Hillcrest Mausoleum, Dallas, Tex.
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| ENDORSEMENTS |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
| US Ambassador to China - Feb 27, 1979 |
NPA |
Reject |
| US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1976 |
R |
Gerald R. Ford |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
R |
William H. Rehnquist |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
D |
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
R |
G. Harrold Carswell |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
R |
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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Thurgood Marshall |
| TX Governor - D Primary - May 05, 1962 |
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Edwin A. Walker |
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