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==Background==

==Background==

Jack was descended within the United States from an [[Irish people|Irish]]man, Patrick Jack, who operated a tavern in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], prior to the [[American Revolution]]. Jack's father, George Whitfield Jack, Sr., a native of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, and a graduate of [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]], was an educator-turned-lawyer who served in Shreveport from 1917 until his death in 1924 as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He was appointed to the federal bench by then [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]].<ref name=jackgen>{{cite web|url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/jack/messages/915.html|title=Jack 1730, Ireland to North Carolina|March 29, 2003|publisher=genforum.genealogy.com|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref>

Jack was descended within the United States from an [[Ireland|Irish]]man, Patrick Jack, who operated a tavern in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], prior to the [[American Revolution]]. Jack's father, George Whitfield Jack, Sr., a native of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, and a graduate of [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]], was an educator-turned-lawyer who served in Shreveport from 1917 until his death in 1924 as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He was appointed to the federal bench by then [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]].<ref name=jackgen>{{cite web|url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/jack/messages/915.html|title=Jack 1730, Ireland to North Carolina|March 29, 2003|publisher=genforum.genealogy.com|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref>

Wellborn Jack practiced law with his brother, [[Whitfield Jack|George Whitfield Jack, Jr.]], who served as a [[colonel]] under [[General]] [[Matthew Ridgeway]] in [[World War II]]. His later law partner was his son, Wellborn Jack, Jr. (1936-2023), a specialist in employment and labor law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyer-map.com/Wellborn_Jack_Jr_Employment_and_Labor_Law_in_Shreveport_Louisiana_78051|title=Wellborn Jack, Jr.|publisher=lawyer-map.com|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref> The junior Jack recalled that his father had little interest in genealogy and said, "What matters most is not what you sprang from but what you sprang at." <ref name=jackgen/>

Wellborn Jack practiced law with his brother, [[Whitfield Jack|George Whitfield Jack, Jr.]], who served as a [[colonel]] under [[General]] Matthew Bunker Ridgway (1895-1993) in [[World War II]]. His later law partner was his son, Wellborn Jack, Jr. (1936-2023), a specialist in employment and labor law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyer-map.com/Wellborn_Jack_Jr_Employment_and_Labor_Law_in_Shreveport_Louisiana_78051|title=Wellborn Jack, Jr.|publisher=lawyer-map.com|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref> The junior Jack recalled that his father had little interest in genealogy and said, "What matters most is not what you sprang from but what you sprang at." <ref name=jackgen/>

==Political career==

==Political career==