Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Jack Strong

Full Name: Jack Boynton Strong
Birth date: February 18, 1930
Death date: July 28, 2015

Terms of Service

Senate, 61st & 60th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1967 - 1/12/1971
Democrat
Senate, 59th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
Democrat
Senate, 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
Democrat

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. 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 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

59th Legislature, R.S., SR 145. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
61st Legislature, R.S., SR 913. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

Photograph. Jack Strong, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jack Strong, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jack Strong, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jack Strong, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2017.
Jack Boynton Strong, birth date 2/18/1930, death date 7/28/2015, obituary, photo, burial in Strong Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County. Find a Grave .
Photo and biographical sketch, 9/4/2011. Texas Bank and Trust .