Joe Barton

Joe Barton interests me as a study in longevity and the engineer's mindset applied to politics. Coming out of Waco and Texas A&M, he moved from engineering and business into Congress, representing Texas's 6th district from 1985 to 2019, an extraordinary run in any era. His White House Fellowship hints at early ambition, and his role in the Tea Party Caucus marks where he landed ideologically. I do not have to share his politics to find the arc compelling: voters trusted him for over three decades. Whatever one makes of his record, that kind of staying power reflects a real, durable connection to a place.

Name (English)

Joe Barton

Name (Japanese)

ジョー・バートン

Reading

じょー・ばーとん

Born

September 15, 1949 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Waco, Texas, United States

Occupation

politician / business executive / engineer

High school

Waco High School

University

Texas A&M University

Awards & achievements

• White House Fellows

• Official sitehttp://joebarton.house.gov
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/repjoebarton/
• Xhttps://x.com/RepJoeBarton
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Barton
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966261

Tags

• Texas
• politician
• business executive
• engineer

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.