Question: Facts: - residence: austin , travis county , texas - preceded: william buster '' brown t. '' bill '' moore j. e. '' - party: democratic - spouse: divorced - office: texas austin , brazos , burleson , colorado , grimes , state houston , leon , madison , milam , robertson , senator trinity , walker , waller , washington , and wharton from counties and portions of harris , montgomery , and williamson district counties -rrb- texas senate president pro tempore 5 -lrb- all of - term end: 1989 - succeeded: james w. '' jim '' turner craig a. washington - term start: 1981 1989 - birth date: 2 august 1949 - name: kent allen caperton - children: kathryn c. gabbert - nationality: american - parents: woods allen caperton - religion: lutheran - alma mater: caldwell high school - occupation: lawyer lobbyist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kent caperton .
Answer:
kent allen caperton -lrb- born august 2 , 1949 -rrb- is an attorney and political consultant in austin , texas , who served from 1981 to 1991 as a democratic member of the texas state senate from district 5 , encompassing twenty-one counties from the woodlands , to crockett , and caperton 's then city of residence , bryan , texas .