John T. Montford
| John Thomas Montford | |
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| Texas State Senator (District 28) | |
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In office 1983–1996 |
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| Preceded by | E L Short |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Duncan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 28, 1943 Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Missing |
| Children |
Mindy M. Montford |
| Alma mater | University of Texas School of Law |
| Occupation | University chancellor |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
(1) Missing
Mindy M. Montford
Melonie Ann Montford DeRose
John Thomas Montford (born June 28, 1943) is a business consultant in San Antonio, Texas, who is a former member of the Texas State Senate from District 28, based about Lubbock in West Texas. He is a former district attorney for Lubbock County and a former chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.
A native of Fort Worth, Montford graduated in 1965 from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1968 from the University of Texas School of Law. He was a judge advocate in the United States Marine Corps from 1968 to 1971. Thereafter, he became a practicing attorney in Lubbock. A Democrat, he was elected in 1978 as district attorney, in which capacity he acquired the sobriquet "Maximum John" for his vigorous prosecution of crime and demand for lengthy sentences.
Montford did not seek a second term as DA in 1982. Instead he ran for and was elected to the state Senate. He unseated E L Short in the Democratic primary election and then defeated Republican Jim Reese, the former mayor of Odessa, in the general election. Montford served in the Senate from 1983 to 1996, during which time he was the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate President Pro Tem. He was a member of the Legislative Budget Board and the Legislative Audit Committee. He joined with Ron Givens of Lubbock, the first African-American Republican to serve in the Texas House since 1882, to create an additional county court at-law judgeship for Lubbock County to relieve the case loads of the five state district courts.Montford authored the Statewide Water Package, handily approved by Texas voters in November 1985. Texas Monthly magazine named Montford among its "Top 10 Best Legislators" for five legislative sessions. He was "Governor for the Day" on April 24, 1993.
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