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Days after [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signed into law the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], Jack wrote a letter to the former ''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' by which he reaffirmed his own belief in segregation: "The white man and the Negro man are happy with their lot here in this area ..."<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]," Letter to the Editor, July 8, 1964.</ref>

Days after [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signed into law the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], Jack wrote a letter to the former ''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' by which he reaffirmed his own belief in segregation: "The white man and the Negro man are happy with their lot here in this area ..."<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]," Letter to the Editor, July 8, 1964.</ref>

In 1966, Jack was a candidate for the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a utility regulatory agency. He was part of a multiple-candidate field which sought to win the the seat held by the appointed [[John S. Hunt, III]], of Monroe, a nephew of Governors [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Sr.]], and [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. In that campaign Jack declared himself as one opposed to all kinds of "federal encroachment." He was joined in the race against Hunt by two of his former legislative colleagues, Parey Branton and [[John Sidney Garrett]] of Haynesville in Claiborne Parish. Though Branton finished in sixth place in the contest, he led by a plurality in his own Webster Parish.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],''  August 15, 1966, p. 1.</ref> Hunt and Garrett, the two leading candidates, met in a runoff election on September 24. Hunt had enjoyed a considerable plurality in the first primary round of balloting<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,''  August 15, 1966, p. 1.</ref> and then defeated Garrett to hold on to the position.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald," September 26, 1966, p. 1.</ref> John McKeithen was the previous public service commissioner from the district, and as governor had named Hunt as his own successor in 1964.

In 1966, Jack was a candidate for the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a utility regulatory agency. He was part of a multiple-candidate field which sought to win the the seat held by the appointed [[John S. Hunt]], III, of Monroe, a nephew of Governors [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Sr.]], and [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. In that campaign Jack declared himself as one opposed to all kinds of "federal encroachment." He was joined in the race against Hunt by two of his former legislative colleagues, Parey Branton and [[John Sidney Garrett]] of Haynesville in Claiborne Parish. Though Branton finished in sixth place in the contest, he led by a plurality in his own Webster Parish.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]],''  August 15, 1966, p. 1.</ref> Hunt and Garrett, the two leading candidates, met in a runoff election on September 24. Hunt had enjoyed a considerable plurality in the first primary round of balloting<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,''  August 15, 1966, p. 1.</ref> and then defeated Garrett to hold on to the position.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald," September 26, 1966, p. 1.</ref> John McKeithen was the previous public service commissioner from the district, and as governor had named Hunt as his own successor in 1964.

In 1972, Jack was an unsuccessful candidate in the nonpartisan race for delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, ratified in 1974.<ref name=fagrave/>

In 1972, Jack was an unsuccessful candidate in the nonpartisan race for delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, ratified in 1974.<ref name=fagrave/>