Jack Faxon | |
State Senate1: | Michigan |
District1: | 7th |
Term Start1: | January 13, 1971 |
Term End1: | January 11, 1995 |
Predecessor1: | Raymond D. Dzendzel |
Successor1: | David M. Honigman |
Constituency1: | 7th district (1971–1983) 15th district (1983–1995) |
State House3: | Michigan |
District3: | 15th |
Term Start3: | January 13, 1965 |
Term End3: | January 13, 1971 |
Predecessor3: | District established |
Successor3: | Alma G. Stallworth |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1936 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, MI, U.S. |
Death Place: | Oak Park, MI, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Jack Faxon (June 9, 1936 – January 9, 2020) was an American politician and educator from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Faxon was born in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Central High School in Detroit. He received his bachelor's and master's degree from Wayne State University in education. Faxon also received his master's degree in history from University of Michigan. He taught in Detroit and Farmington Hills, Michigan and served as headmaster of a school mainly for exchange students.[1]
Faxon served in the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961 and 1962, He also served in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 15th district from 1965 to 1971 and in the Michigan Senate from 1971 to 1995. Faxon was a Democrat.[2] [3]
Faxon died due to complications with lymphoma on January 9, 2020, in Oak Park, Michigan at age 83.[4] [5]