caption succeeded governor birth_place image_size office preceded birth_date term_start residence image article_title term_end birth_name occupation alma_mater
hightower at the 2008 texas book festival rick perry mark white -lrb- 1983-1987 -rrb- denison , grayson county , texas , usa 200px texas agriculture commissioner reagan v. brown 11 january 1943 january 1983 austin , texas jim hightower 2008.jpg jim hightower
 january 1991 james allen hightower journalist ; commentator university of north texas
jim hightower

james allen `` jim '' hightower -lrb- born january 11 , 1943 -rrb- is an american syndicated columnist , progressive political activist , and author who served from 1983 to 1991 as the elected commissioner of the texas department of agriculture .
