John Steen (Texas politician)
| John Thomas Steen, Jr. | |
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| 108th Secretary of State of Texas | |
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In office November 27, 2012 – January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Hope Andrade |
| Succeeded by | Nandita Berry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1949 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ida Louise Clement Steen |
| Children |
John T. Steen, III |
| Residence | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts) University of Texas at Austin (Juris Doctor) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Awards |
 Commander's Award for Public Service
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army Reserve |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
John T. Steen, III
Ida "Illa" Louise Larkin Steen Gaunt
John Thomas Steen, Jr. (born c. 1949), is a lawyer from San Antonio, Texas, who served as the Texas Secretary of State from 2012 to 2014. Steen was appointed by Governor Rick Perry on November 27, 2012 after Esperanza Andrade resigned four days earlier from the position that she had held for more than four years. Steen is Texas' 108th Secretary of State and one of six officials to have formed the Executive Department of state government.
After just over a year in the position, Steen resigned and was succeeded on January 7, 2014, by another Perry appointee, Nandita Berry, an Indian native and naturalized American citizen from Houston.
Steen is one of five children born to John Steen, Sr. (1922-2003), a native of Yoakum in southeast Texas, who owned insurance companies and also held ranching interests in surrounding counties. His mother was the former Nell Donnell, who predeceased her husband. The senior Steen was the last chairman of the San Antonio Good Government League and was active in the 1976 United States Bicentennial and in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. For twenty years, the senior Steen was an elected member of the Alamo Community College District. He served two terms on the San Antonio City Council and was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1981 to succeed Lila Cockrell, but Henry Cisneros was instead elected to the first of four two-year terms in the position.
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