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Jack Hightower (Jack English Hightower) was born on 6 September, 1926 in Memphis, Texas, U.S., is an American judge. Discover Jack Hightower's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?
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Jack English Hightower |
Occupation |
Attorney |
Age |
86 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
Born |
6 September, 1926 |
Birthday |
6 September |
Birthplace |
Memphis, Texas, U.S. |
Date of death |
3 August, 2013 |
Died Place |
Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Nationality |
United States
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Jack Hightower Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Jack Hightower's Wife?
His wife is Colleen Ward (m. 1950)
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Colleen Ward (m. 1950) |
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Children |
3 daughters |
Jack Hightower Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jack Hightower worth at the age of 86 years old? Jack Hightower’s income source is mostly from being a successful Attorney. He is from United States. We have estimated Jack Hightower's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Attorney |
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Jack English Hightower (September 6, 1926 – August 3, 2013) was a former Democratic U.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district, serving five terms from 1975 to 1985.
Born in Memphis, the seat of Hall County in West Texas, Hightower was a United States Navy sailor for two years during World War II.
His parents were Walter Thomas Hightower, a greenhouse proprietor, and Floy Edna (English) Hightower, a homemaker.
Hightower married Colleen (née Ward) (1927–2015) in 1950.
They first met at Baylor where he was a law student and she was a music major.
In 1949, Hightower received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
In 1951, he procured an LL.B. from Baylor Law School.
He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1951 and immediately became district attorney of the 46th Texas Judicial District, based in Vernon, the seat of Wilbarger County.
He served as DA from 1951 to 1961.
From 1953 to 1955, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
Hightower was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election held in 1961.
While still living in Vernon, Hightower served from 1965 to 1974 in two reconfigured districts in the Texas Senate.
He was a delegate to the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention, which met in Chicago to nominate Vice President of the United States Hubert H. Humphrey for presidency.
That fall, Humphrey narrowly carried Texas over the Republican Richard M. Nixon and the American Independent Party nominee George Wallace of Alabama.
In 1974, Hightower challenged four-term Republican Bob Price of Pampa for a congressional seat and won.
Hightower was one of several Democrats elected due to voter anger over Watergate.
Hightower was a fairly moderate Democrat, and served a district that was mostly rural, stretching from Amarillo to Wichita Falls on the east.
However, in 1984, he was toppled by Republican challenger Beau Boulter of Amarillo, who benefited from Ronald W. Reagan's massive reelection landslide that year.
After he left Congress, Hightower was the first assistant attorney general of Texas under Attorney General Jim Mattox from 1985 to 1987.
Hightower was also elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1988.
The district had become increasingly friendly to Republicans at the national level, though Democrats continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s.
Hightower was reelected four times, mainly by stressing constituent services.
Years later in 1992, he obtained an LL.M. from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
He was later appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, a position which he held from August 9, 1999, to July 19, 2004.
Hightower died on August 3, 2013, in Austin.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson said, "Texas has lost a true champion among its public servants and the Court has lost a colleague who at his very core was what a judge should be".
Colleen died in 2015 and is buried alongside her husband of 63 years.
They lived in Austin and had three daughters.
He is the step-grandfather of NFL quarterback Drew Brees.
Hightower is not related to former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower.