U.S. Representative J.C. Watts, Jr./107th Congress

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Watts, J.C.
Chairman, House Republican Conference

U.S. House of Representatives
Oklahoma District 4
Republican
Began Service: 1995

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Born November 18, 1957, in Eufaula, Oklahoma.

Watts was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 1990, and to the U.S. Congress in 1994 when he became the first black Republican elected in a Southern state to a federal office in 120 years.

He currently serves in the House Republican Leadership as the Conference Chairman. Prior to his entrance into public service, Watts was best known to many Oklahomans as the University of Oklahoma quarterback who led the Sooners to consecutive Big Eight titles and Orange Bowl championships.

Watts has been a spokesman for numerous groups, including the YMCA and Big Brothers-Big Sisters.

He is also president of Watts Energy Corporation in Norman. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1981, earning a B.S. in Journalism.

He and his wife, Frankie, have four children. They live in Norman.

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