EPISODE · May 9, 2014 · 1 MIN
John Goodwin Tower
from Texas Originals · host Humanities Texas
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. During four senate terms, Tower was a master at moving legislation through Congress and a political mentor to many Texas Republicans, including future President George H. W. Bush.
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