John Steen (Texas politician)

John Thomas Steen Jr.
108th Secretary of State of Texas
In office
November 27, 2012 – January 2014
GovernorRick Perry
Preceded byEsperanza Andrade
Succeeded byNandita Berry
Personal details
Bornc. 1949
Political partyRepublican
SpouseIda Louise Clement Steen
ChildrenJohn T. Steen III

Ida "Illa" Louise Larkin Steen Gaunt

James Higbie Clement "Jamey" Steen
Residence(s)San Antonio, Texas, USA
Alma materPrinceton University (Bachelor of Arts)
University of Texas at Austin (Juris Doctor)
OccupationLawyer
Awardssmall Commander's Award for Public Service
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army Reserve
RankSecond Lieutenant

John Thomas Steen Jr. (born c. 1949), is a lawyer from San Antonio, Texas, who served as the Texas Secretary of State from 2012 to 2014. Steen was appointed by Governor Rick Perry on November 27, 2012, after Esperanza Andrade resigned four days earlier from the position that she had held for more than four years. Steen is Texas' 108th Secretary of State and one of six officials to have formed the Executive Department of state government.

After just over a year in the position, Steen resigned and was succeeded on January 7, 2014, by another Perry appointee, Nandita Berry, an Indian native and naturalized American citizen from Houston.[1]

  1. ^ "Nandita Berry sworn in as Texas Secretary of State, January 7, 2014". sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved January 30, 2014.