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J.C.Watts

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JuliusCaesar"J.C."Watts,Jr.(bornNovember18,1957)isanAmerican politicianfrom
Oklahoma
whowasa
collegefootballquarterbackforthe
OklahomaSooners andlaterplayedprofessionallyin
the
CanadianFootballLeague .Wattsservedinthe
U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from1995to2003
asa
Republican
,representingOklahoma's 4thCongressionalDistrict
.
Wattswasbornandraisedin Eufaula,Oklahoma ,inaruralimpoverishedneighborhood.Afterbeing
oneofthefirstchildrentoattendanintegratedelementaryschool,hebecameahighschool
quarterback andgaineda footballscholarship
totheUniversityofOklahoma.Hegraduatedfrom
collegein1981withadegreeinjournalismandbecameafootballplayerinthe CanadianFootball
League untilhisretirementin1986.
Wattsbecamea Baptist
ministerandwaselectedin1990tothe OklahomaCorporationCommission asthefirstAfricanAmericaninOklahomato
winstatewideoffice.HesuccessfullyranforCongressin1994andwasreelectedtothreeadditionaltermswithincreasingvotemargins.Watts
deliveredtheRepublicanresponseto BillClinton
's1997
StateoftheUnionaddress
andwaselectedChairoftheHouseRepublicanConference in
1998.Heretiredin2003andturnedtolobbyingandbusinesswork,alsooccasionallyservingasapoliticalcommentator.

Earlylifeandcareer
[
edit
]
[1] [2]
Wattswasbornin
Eufaula
in
McIntoshCounty,Oklahoma toJ.C."Buddy"Watts,Sr.,andHelenWatts(d.1992). HisfatherwasaBaptist
[3] [4] [5] [6]
minister,cattletrader, thefirstblackpoliceofficerinEufaula, andamemberoftheEufaulaCityCouncil. Hismotherwasahomemaker.
 [7]
Wattsisthefifthofsixchildrenandgrewupinapoorrural
AfricanAmerican
neighborhood. Hewasoneoftwoblackchildrenwhointegratedthe
[4]
JeffersonDavisElementarySchoolinEufaulaandthefirstblack
quarterback
atEufaulaHighSchool.

Whileinhighschool,Wattsfatheredadaughter [8]
withawhitefemale,causingascandal. Theirfamilies
decidedagainstan
interracialmarriagebecauseofcontemporaryracialattitudesandWatts'familyprovidedforthechilduntilshecouldbeadopted
byWatts'uncle,
WadeWatts ,aBaptistminister,civilrightsleaderandheadoftheOklahomadivisionofthe
NAACP.[8]

Hegraduatedfromhighschoolin1976andattendedthe
UniversityofOklahoma
ona .[1]
footballscholarship[9]In1977,WattsmarriedFrankie
Jones,anAfricanAmericanwomanwithwhom hehadfatheredaseconddaughterduringhigh
school. [
6]
[8]

Wattsbeganhiscollegefootballcareerasthesecondstringquarterbackandleftcollegetwice,buthisfatherconvincedhimtoreturn,andWatts
[5]
becamestartingquarterbackoftheOklahomaSooners in1979andledthemtoconsecutive OrangeBowl victories. Wattsgraduatedfromcollege
[1] [5]
in1981witha
BachelorofArts injournalism. Wattssoughtentranceinthe
NationalFootballLeague
throughthe
NewYorkJets
,butinstead
[5]
enteredthe
CanadianFootballLeague
andplayedforthe
OttawaRoughRiders
,whomhehelpedreachthe
1981GreyCup
game. Hestayedwith
[5]
[10]
theteamfrom1981to1985andplayedaseasonforthe
TorontoArgonauts
beforeretiringin1986.

WattsreturnedtoOklahomaandbecameayouthministerin DelCity andwas

ordainedasaBaptistministerin1993.Heisa
[6]
teetotaler .Wattsopenedahighway
[11]

constructioncompanyandlaterciteddiscontentwithgovernmentregulationofhis
businessasreasontobecomeacandidateforpublicoffice. Watts'familywas
[6]

affiliatedwiththeDemocraticPartyandhisfatheranduncleWadeWattswereactive
intheparty,butitdidnothelpWattswhenheranforpublicofficeandhechangedhis
partyaffiliationin1989,monthsbeforehisfirststatewiderace. [5]
[9]
Wattslaterstated
hehadfirstconsideredchangingpartieswhenhecoveredthe 1980U.S.Senate
campaign of
Republican
DonNickles Watts'fatherandunclecontinuedtostrongly
.[6]
opposetheRepublicanparty,butsupportedhim. [2]
Wattswonelectiontothe
[12]

OklahomaCorporationCommission inNovember1990 forasixyearterm

[7]
asthe
[2]

firstAfricanAmericanelectedtostatewideofficeinOklahoma. [13]

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