John Tower
U.S. Congressperson
1929 – 1991
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Who was John Tower?
John Goodwin Tower 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 investigated the Iran-Contra Affair. He was George Herbert Walker Bush's nominee for Secretary of Defense in 1989 but was rejected by the Senate, 53–47.
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- Born
- Sep 29, 1929
Houston - Also known as
- Тауэр, Джон
- Spouses
- Lou Bullington
(1952 - 1976) - Lilla Burt Cummings
(1977 - 1987)
- Lou Bullington
- Religion
- Methodism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Southern Methodist University
- Southwestern University
- Lived in
- Beaumont
- Wichita Falls
- Died
- Apr 5, 1991
Brunswick - Resting place
- Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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