Terms of Service

• Senate, 63rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/9/1973 - 1/14/1975
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 62nd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1971 - 1/9/1973
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/12/1971.
• Senate, 61st & 60th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1967 - 1/12/1971
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 59th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  

(1) 63rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/10/1973, pp. 12-13. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 60th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1967, p. 19. Drew 4-year term. 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) 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

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 .
• 74th Legislature, R.S., HR 472, retirement. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 63rd Legislature, R.S., SR 931. 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 .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named 'Honorable Mention'. Best and Worst Legislators 1973.

Photographs

• Photograph. Jack E. Hightower, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Hightower, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Hightower, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Hightower, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Hightower, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jack Hightower, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2015.
• Jack English Hightower Collection. Baylor Collections of Political Materials, W.R. Poage Legislative Library, Baylor University . Finding Aid
• 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 .
• HIGHTOWER, Jack English (1926-2013). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
• Special Governor Hightower Edition, April 1, 1971, pp. 1-8. Quanah Tribune-Chief . Content provided with permission of the Quanah Tribune-Chief.
• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature 1973.
• Hightower, Jack English. Texas State Cemetery .
• United States Navy. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 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) 
• 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