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John and Lou Tower and daughter Marian are interred at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas. John and Lou are not buried side by side. A cenotaph in Tower's honor was erected at the Texas State Cemetery in the capital city of [[Austin]].

John and Lou Tower and daughter Marian are interred at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas. John and Lou are not buried side by side. A cenotaph in Tower's honor was erected at the Texas State Cemetery in the capital city of [[Austin]].

Tower's impact on Texas politics continues through the success of at least three prominent Republicans, [[John Cornyn]], who holds the old Tower seat, former state Representative Dan H. Branch of Dallas, who chairs the board of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at [[Southern Methodist University]] and lost an intra-party challenge to conservative [[Ken Paxton]] in 2014 for the office of Texas attorney general, and Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of San Antonio, the Texas House from 2009 to 2019 who held his position through an alliance with the chamber's fifty-five Democratic members. Straus was once a youthful chauffeur for Senator Tower.<ref>Scharrer, Gary (February 29, 2009). [https://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2009/02/speaker-meets-with-daughter-of-old-boss-sen-john-tower/ Speaker meets with daughter of old boss – Sen. John Tower]. ''chron.com''. Retrieved May 22, 2021.</ref> Similar to Tower's votes against civil rights/voting rights in the mid-1960s, Straus voted for racist left-wing Democrat [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]], who worked with [[segregation]]ists in the Senate and made numerous racist remarks.<ref>[https://thegoldenhammer.net/former-gop-house-speaker-joe-straus-admits-to-2020-vote-for-biden-opposes-basic-platform-planks/ Former GOP House Speaker Joe Straus admits to 2020 vote for Biden, opposes basic Platform planks]. ''The Golden Hammer''. Retrieved May 22, 2021.</ref>

Tower's impact on Texas politics continues through the success of at least three prominent Republicans, [[John Cornyn]], who holds the old Tower seat, former state Representative Dan H. Branch of Dallas, who chairs the board of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at [[Southern Methodist University]] and lost an intra-party challenge to conservative [[Ken Paxton]] in 2014 for the office of Texas attorney general, and Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of San Antonio, the Texas House from 2009 to 2019 who held his position through an alliance with the chamber's fifty-five Democratic members. Straus was once a youthful chauffeur for Senator Tower.<ref>Scharrer, Gary (February 29, 2009). [https://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2009/02/speaker-meets-with-daughter-of-old-boss-sen-john-tower/ Speaker meets with daughter of old boss – Sen. John Tower]. ''chron.com''. Retrieved May 22, 2021.</ref> Similar to Tower's votes against civil rights/voting rights in the mid-1960s, Straus voted for racist left-wing Democrat [[Joe Biden]] over [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]], who worked with [[segregation]]ists in the Senate and made numerous racist remarks.<ref>[https://thegoldenhammer.net/former-gop-house-speaker-joe-straus-admits-to-2020-vote-for-biden-opposes-basic-platform-planks/ Former GOP House Speaker Joe Straus admits to 2020 vote for Biden, opposes basic Platform planks]. ''The Golden Hammer''. Retrieved May 22, 2021.</ref>

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