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Texas Originals: John Tower
John G. Tower in His Washington Office, Photograph, November 19, 1988; digital image, University of North Texas Libraries, crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission, Rusk, Texas. JOHN GOODWIN TOWERSeptember 29, 1925–April 5, 1991 Texas became a two-party state in 1961, when conservative Republican John Tower was elected to the U.S. Senate. He was the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction. Born in 1925, Tower grew up in East Texas, the son of a... Read More