Jack Boynton Strong (February 18, 1930 – July 28, 2015) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in

Carthage, Texas Carthage is a city and the county seat of Panola County, Texas, United States. This city is situated in deep East Texas, 20 miles west of the Louisiana state line. Its population was 6,569 at the 2020 census. History Carthage was founded in 1847, ...

, Strong graduated from Carthage High School. He then went to

Lon Morris College Lon Morris College (LMC) was a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and was the only school affiliated with the United Methodist Church that was owned by an individual conference and not the denomination ...

. Strong received his bachelor's degree from

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and his law degree from

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. Strong then practiced law in

Longview, Texas Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County, Texas, Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County, Texas, Harrison County. Longview is located in East Tex ...

and was in the real estate business. Strong served in the

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between 1963 and 1971 and was a

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He then served on the Texas Board of Education from 1971 to 1979. Strong died in Longview, Texas.Texas Legislators Past and Present-Jack Strong
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