Kent Caperton
| Kent Allen Caperton | |
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| Texas State Senator from District 5 (All of Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston, Leon, Madison, Milam, Robertson, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, and Wharton counties and portions of Harris, Montgomery, and Williamson counties) | |
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Assumed office 1981 |
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| Preceded by | William T. "Bill" Moore |
| Succeeded by | James W. "Jim" Turner |
| Texas Senate President Pro Tempore | |
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In office 1989–1989 |
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| Preceded by | J. E. "Buster" Brown |
| Succeeded by | Craig A. Washington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 2, 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Children | Kathryn C. Gabbert |
| Parents |
Woods Allen Caperton |
| Residence | Austin, Travis County, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Caldwell High School |
| Occupation | Lawyer Lobbyist |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Woods Allen Caperton
Caldwell High School
Texas A&M University
Kent Allen Caperton (born August 2, 1949) is an attorney and political consultant in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1991 as a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from District 5, encompassing twenty-one counties from The Woodlands, to Crockett, and Caperton's then city of residence, Bryan, Texas.
Caperton was one of four children born to Woods Allen Caperton (1920–2009) and the former Dorothy Steglich (1925–2005) a Lutheran couple in Caldwell, the seat of Burleson County located west of Bryan. Caperton's older brother, Mark Steglich Caperton (born 1946), is also an attorney and from 1975 to 1983 was the county judge in Caldwell. He was succeeded by their father, Woods Caperton, who retired after nearly three decades with the United States Soil Conservation Service, since renamed the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the agency which offers technical assistance to farmers and ranchers. Woods Caperton was the county judge from 1983 to 1995 and also a long-time member of the Caldwell school and hospital boards. Kent Caperton has a sister in Austin, Roxanne C. Varner, married to Rodney Varner. A second brother, Clay Jason Caperton, died in 1987.
In 1967, Caperton graduated as student council president from Caldwell High School. He considering accepting a scholarship in golf from several smaller colleges, but the senior Caperton insisted that Kent attend nearby Texas A&M University in College Station. There in 1971, Caperton obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and was the student body president. Thereafter, he was an aide to the TAMU president prior to obtaining his legal credentials through the University of Texas Law School at Austin. In 1975, he was admitted to the bar and served for a year as an assistant state attorney general. In 1976, he returned to Bryan to enter private practice, with the firm Gandy, Mauro, and Caperton. After a stint too as the municipal judge, Caperton in 1980 unseated veteran state Senator William T. "Bill" Moore, a conservative Democrat, in the primary election with 52.6 percent of the ballots. Known as the "Bull of the Brazos," Moore had been in the Senate since 1949, the year of Caperton's birth.
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