John Tower (R-Tex.)

 

Claims to fame: Texas’ first Republican Senator (1961) since Reconstruction; chairman, Armed Services Committee under Bush I; adulterer; drunkard

Remembered for: Boozing, philandering, messy divorce (from wife number two), and appearing in a newspaper while wearing a Superman costume, reportedly while drunk.

Where he is today: Dead. Plane crash.

Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Tower:

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

— Proverbs 20:1
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