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{{Short description|American political aide and corporate strategist}}
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|name = Jack Watson
|name = Jack Watson
|image = Watson 1977.jpg
|image = Watson 1977.jpg
|office =9th [[White House Chief of Staff]]
|office = 9th [[White House Chief of Staff]]
|president = [[Jimmy Carter]]
|president = [[Jimmy Carter]]
|term_start = June 11, 1980
|term_start = June 11, 1980
|term_end = January 20, 1981
|term_end = January 20, 1981
|predecessor = [[Hamilton Jordan]]
|predecessor = [[Hamilton Jordan]]
|successor = [[James Baker]]
|successor = [[James Baker]]
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|birth_place = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
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|predecessor1 = [[James E. Connor]]
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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|successor1 = [[Gene Eidenberg]]
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|education = [[Vanderbilt University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}}
|office2 = Director of the [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs]]
|president2 = [[Jimmy Carter]]
|term_start2 = January 20, 1977
|term_end2 = June 11, 1980
|predecessor2 = [[Herbert McCoy]]
|successor2 = [[Gene Eidenberg]]
|birth_name = Jack Hearn Watson Jr.
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|birth_place = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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'''Jack Hearn Watson Jr.''' (born October 24, 1938) is an American corporate strategist and political aide who served as [[White House Chief of Staff]] to President [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1980 to 1981.
'''Jack Hearn Watson Jr.''' (born October 24, 1938) is an American corporate strategist and political aide who served as [[White House Chief of Staff]] to President [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1980 to 1981.


== Personal Life ==
== Personal life ==
Watson is a [[Phi Beta Kappa]] graduate of [[Vanderbilt University]] and received his law degree from [[Harvard Law School]]. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Pathfinder and Reconnaissance Team Leader, First Force Reconnaissance Company, and left the Marine Corps with the rank of Captain.
Watson is a [[Phi Beta Kappa]] graduate of [[Vanderbilt University]] and received his law degree from [[Harvard Law School]]. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Pathfinder and Reconnaissance Team Leader, [[1st Force Reconnaissance Company]], and left the Marine Corps with the rank of captain. He met his first wife at Vanderbilt, married in 1972 and had two children, Lincoln and Melissa.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-11-23 |title=Formidable Leader of Carter Transition Team |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/23/archives/formidable-leader-of-carter-transition-team-jack-hearn-watson-jr.html |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> They divorced and he married Teena Watson in 1977.[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/jack-hearn-watson-jr-7963/]


== Career ==
== Career ==
He served as head of the Carter-Mondale Policy Planning Group in 1976, and later was Director of the Transition Team during the transition of government from President Ford to President Carter. In the [[Carter administration]] from 1977 to 1981, he served as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Secretary to the Cabinet, and White House Chief of Staff. He chaired the President's Interagency Coordinating Council created by Executive Order in 1978 to coordinate implementation of the President's domestic policy.
He served as head of the Carter-Mondale Policy Planning Group in 1976, and later was Director of the Transition Team during [[Presidential transition of Jimmy Carter|the transition of government from President Ford to President Carter]]. In the [[Carter administration]] from 1977 to 1981, he served as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Secretary to the Cabinet, and White House Chief of Staff. He chaired the President's Interagency Coordinating Council created by Executive Order in 1978 to coordinate implementation of the President's domestic policy.


Watson had earlier been a protege of Charles Kirbo and a highly successful trial lawyer at King & Spalding in Atlanta. He had served as a close aide to Carter during his gubernatorial campaigns and was particularly close to Carter’s mother, “Miss Lillian.” Charismatic, classy and inspirational, Watson characteristically told transition staff at its first meeting in Washington, D.C. following the 1976 election that when working with Executive Branch employees they should view them, not suspiciously, but “as all Carter people.”
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== Post-Carter Administration ==

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== Post–Carter Administration ==
From January 1998 to June 2000, he served as Chief Legal Strategist of [[Monsanto|Monsanto Company]].
From January 1998 to June 2000, he served as Chief Legal Strategist of [[Monsanto|Monsanto Company]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Jack Watson (presidential adviser)}}
*{{Commons category-inline|Jack Watson (presidential adviser)}}
*[http://www.miami.edu/debate04/jack_watson_bio.htm Biography] from a [[University of Miami]] website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050324024838/http://miami.edu/debate04/jack_watson_bio.htm Biography] from a [[University of Miami]] website
*{{C-SPAN|21170}}
* https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/assets/documents/findingaids/Watson_Jack.pdf


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Latest revision as of 21:13, 14 August 2024

Jack Watson
9th White House Chief of Staff
In office
June 11, 1980 – January 20, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byHamilton Jordan
Succeeded byJames Baker
White House Cabinet Secretary
In office
January 20, 1977 – June 11, 1980
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byJames E. Connor
Succeeded byGene Eidenberg
Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
January 20, 1977 – June 11, 1980
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byHerbert McCoy
Succeeded byGene Eidenberg
Personal details
Born
Jack Hearn Watson Jr.

(1938-10-24) October 24, 1938 (age 86)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationVanderbilt University (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)

Jack Hearn Watson Jr. (born October 24, 1938) is an American corporate strategist and political aide who served as White House Chief of Staff to President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981.

Personal life

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Watson is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Pathfinder and Reconnaissance Team Leader, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, and left the Marine Corps with the rank of captain. He met his first wife at Vanderbilt, married in 1972 and had two children, Lincoln and Melissa.[1] They divorced and he married Teena Watson in 1977.[1]

Career

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He served as head of the Carter-Mondale Policy Planning Group in 1976, and later was Director of the Transition Team during the transition of government from President Ford to President Carter. In the Carter administration from 1977 to 1981, he served as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Secretary to the Cabinet, and White House Chief of Staff. He chaired the President's Interagency Coordinating Council created by Executive Order in 1978 to coordinate implementation of the President's domestic policy.

Watson had earlier been a protege of Charles Kirbo and a highly successful trial lawyer at King & Spalding in Atlanta. He had served as a close aide to Carter during his gubernatorial campaigns and was particularly close to Carter’s mother, “Miss Lillian.” Charismatic, classy and inspirational, Watson characteristically told transition staff at its first meeting in Washington, D.C. following the 1976 election that when working with Executive Branch employees they should view them, not suspiciously, but “as all Carter people.”

Post–Carter Administration

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From January 1998 to June 2000, he served as Chief Legal Strategist of Monsanto Company.

References

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  1. ^ "Formidable Leader of Carter Transition Team". The New York Times. November 23, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
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Preceded by White House Cabinet Secretary
1977–1980 		Succeeded by
Preceded by White House Chief of Staff
1980–1981 		Succeeded by
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