1. Jack Fields graduated from Humble High School in his hometown in 1970.
10 Facts About Jack Fields
1. 2.
Jack 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.
3.
In 1980, at the age of twenty-eight, Jack Fields was elected to the US House on the coattails of President Ronald Reagan's electoral victory.
4.
Jack Fields 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 the 8th in 83 years.
5.
In 1993, Jack Fields joined a field of 24 candidates in a special election for the US Senate seat vacated by Lloyd Bentsen, when Bentsen was appointed by US President Bill Clinton as the secretary of the treasury.
6.
However, Jack Fields failed to win enough votes to advance to a runoff election.
7.
Jack Fields did not run for reelection to the 106th Congress in 1996.
8.
Jack Fields has served on various corporate and charitable boards.
9.
Jack Fields joined Insperity as a director in January 1997.
10.
Jack Fields is married to Lynn Jack Fields and has two daughters, Jordan and Lexi, and a stepson, Josh Hughes.