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John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since Reconstruction.
John Tower. John Goodwin Tower (* 29. September 1925 in Houston, Texas; † 5. April 1991 in Brunswick, Georgia) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei, der von 1961 bis 1985 den Bundesstaat Texas im Senat der Vereinigten Staaten vertrat. Er war der erste Republikaner, der für den Staat Texas das ...
3. Feb. 2017 · In 1989, when U.S. Senator John Tower was denied the job of Secretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush, that was the first time such a rejection had taken place in 30 years. And, nearly 30...
27. Sept. 2018 · How The Failed 1989 Confirmation Of John Tower Resonates Today. President George H.W. Bush nominated Tower, a Texas senator, for Secretary of Defense, but the senator’s alcohol abuse and womanizing didn’t endear him to his colleagues.
Vor 3 Tagen · September 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 Methodist minister.
1. Feb. 1996 · Tower, John Goodwin (1925–1991). John Tower, United States senator, was born on September 29, 1925, in Houston, Texas, to Joe and Beryl (Goodwin) Tower. His father was a Methodist minister. Tower grew up in the various East Texas communities where his father preached, graduated from Beaumont High School in the spring of 1942, and entered ...
John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician. He was the first Republican United States senator from Texas since Reconstruction . He served from 1961 until his retirement on January 3, 1985, after which time he was appointed as the chairman of the Reagan -appointed Tower Commission that ...
