John Steen (Texas politician)
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.
John Thomas Steen Jr. | |
|---|---|
| 108th Secretary of State of Texas | |
| In office November 27, 2012 – January 2014 | |
| Governor | Rick Perry |
| Preceded by | Esperanza Andrade |
| Succeeded by | Nandita Berry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1949 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Ida Louise Clement Steen |
| Children | John T. Steen III Ida "Illa" Louise Larkin Steen Gaunt |
| Residence(s) | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts) University of Texas at Austin (Juris Doctor) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Awards | Commander's Award for Public Service |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army Reserve |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
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.
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