Wellborn Jack finished in sixth place for five at-large seats in the general election held on March 3,1964.
10 Facts About Wellborn Jack
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Wellborn Jack was appointed to the bench by US President Woodrow Wilson.
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Wellborn Jack practiced law with his brother, George Whitfield Jack, Jr.
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Wellborn Jack was eliminated from the runoff election, with victory claimed by the three-term incumbent Overton Brooks, of Shreveport.
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Wellborn Jack supported a bill to require the labeling of blood by race of the donor.
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In 1962, Wellborn Jack joined his House colleague, Representative Parey Branton of Shongaloo in Webster Parish, in calling for a change in the method by which Louisiana allocates its electoral votes.
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In 1966, two years after his legislative service lapsed, Jack ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a utility regulatory agency, in an attempt to win the seat held by the appointed John S Hunt, II, of Monroe, a nephew of Governors Huey Pierce Long, Sr.
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From 1976 to 1984, Wellborn Jack was an elected member of the final two terms of the former Caddo Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.
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Wellborn Jack lost his position on the police jury, when it was reorganized in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission.
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Wellborn Jack died of congestive heart failure and is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.