Jack Fields
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 8th district |
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In office January 3, 1981–January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Eckhardt |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Brady |
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February 3, 1952 Humble, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lynn Fields |
| Alma mater | Baylor University |
| Religion | Baptist |
Jack Milton Fields, Jr. (born February 3, 1952) is a Texas businessman and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from a Houston-based district.
Fields was born in Humble, a northern suburb of Houston, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fields, Sr. He graduated from Humble High School in his hometown in 1970. Fields earned both Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Baptist-affiliated Baylor University and Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas, in 1974 and 1977, respectively. After being admitted to the Texas bar in 1977, Fields worked as a lawyer in private practice and as a vice president of a family-owned business through 1980.
In 1980, at the age of twenty-eight, Fields was elected to the U.S. House on the coattails of President Ronald Reagan's electoral victory. He narrowly defeated 8th District incumbent Bob Eckhardt, a seven-term Democrat, by only 4,900 votes to become the first Republican to represent what is now the 8th in 83 years. After the 1980 census, most of the 8th's more Democratic areas were cut out, and Fields was reelected seven more times without serious difficulty.
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