Jack Westland

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jack Westland

| image name = Jack Westland.jpg

| state = Washington

| district = 2nd

| term_start = January 3, 1953

| term_end = January 3, 1965

| preceded = Scoop Jackson

| succeeded = Lloyd Meeds

| party = Republican

| birth_name = Alfred John Westland

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|12|14}}

| birth_place = Everett, Washington, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|11|3|1904|12|14}}

| death_place = Pebble Beach, California, U.S.

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{{Marriage|Marcia Westland|1931|1957|end=divorced}}
{{Marriage|Helen Geis|1959}}

}}

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| alma_mater = University of Washington Law School

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| masters = T53: 1953

| usopen = T41: 1934

| open = DNP

| pga = DNP

| usamateur = Won: 1952

| britamateur = T33: 1934

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Alfred John "Jack" Westland (December 14, 1904 – November 3, 1982) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1965. He represented the Second Congressional District of Washington as a Republican. He was also an accomplished amateur golfer.

Political career

Westland was born in Everett, Washington.{{cite book |last1=Elliott |first1=Len |first2=Barbara |last2=Kelly |title=Who's Who in Golf |year=1976 |publisher=Arlington House |location=New Rochelle, New York |isbn=0-87000-225-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/199 199] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/199 }}{{Cite magazine |date=1952-09-01 |title=Sport: Oldest Golf Champ |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,816886,00.html |access-date=2025-06-12 |magazine=Time}} He was elected to the House in 1952, taking the seat previously held by Democrat Scoop Jackson who had won election to the United States Senate. Westland was re-elected in 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, and 1962. Westland voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|work=GovTrack.us}} 1960,{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h102|title=HR 8601. PASSAGE.}} and 1964,{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h128|title=H.R. 7152. PASSAGE.}} as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/h193|title=S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF POLL TAX AS A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|work=GovTrack.us}} He was defeated in 1964 by Democrat Lloyd Meeds. Westland subsequently moved to California, where he lived until his death in 1982.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z6pfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2362,1605885&dq=westland+golf+congress&hl=en |title=Ex-congressman Westland dies |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Lewiston, Idaho |date=November 6, 1982 |page=A-2 |access-date=February 28, 2011 }}{{Cite news |agency=UPI |date=1982-11-07 |title=Jack Westland Dead; Lawmaker and Golfer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/07/obituaries/jack-westland-dead-lawmaker-and-golfer.html |access-date=2025-06-12 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

Golf career

Westland was an accomplished amateur golfer for over 25 years. He won the 1929 French Amateur.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lulPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gFQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4317,6196030&dq=westland+french+amateur+golf&hl=en |title=Amateur Golf Kings Of Four Nations To Compete In National Tourney |newspaper=The Evening Independent |location=St. Petersburg, Florida |date=July 24, 1929 |page=11 |access-date=February 28, 2011 }} He finished runner-up to Francis Ouimet in the 1931 U.S. Amateur.[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=344 1931 U.S. Amateur] He won the 1933 Western Amateur and played on three Walker Cup teams (1932,[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/champ_cup.asp?ID=760&format=1 1932 Walker Cup] 1934,[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/champ_cup.asp?ID=761&format=1 1934 Walker Cup] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150448/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/champ_cup.asp?ID=761&format=1 |date=July 28, 2011 }} 1953[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/champ_cup.asp?ID=767&format=1 1953 Walker Cup]). He was also non-playing captain of the 1961 team. In 1952, at the age of 47, Westland won the U.S. Amateur over Al Mengert.[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=361 1952 U.S. Amateur] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150500/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=361 |date=2011-07-28 }} He is the oldest golfer ever to win the Amateur.

Westland also won the Pacific Northwest Amateur four times (1938, 1939, 1940, 1951), the Washington State Amateur three times (1924, 1947, 1948) and the Chicago District Amateur three times (1927, 1929, 1934).

In 1978, Westland was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Golf Association's Hall of Fame.[http://www.thepnga.org/sites/courses/layout9.asp?id=521&page=37168&sid=1095&viewmode=new PNGA Hall of Fame profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726180114/http://www.thepnga.org/sites/courses/layout9.asp?id=521&page=37168&sid=1095&viewmode=new |date=2011-07-26 }}

Tournament wins (13)

1924 Washington State Amateur
1927 Chicago District Amateur
1929 French Amateur, Chicago District Amateur
1933 Western Amateur
1934 Chicago District Amateur
1938 Pacific Northwest Amateur
1939 Pacific Northwest Amateur
1940 Pacific Northwest Amateur
1947 Washington State Amateur
1948 Washington State Amateur
1951 Pacific Northwest Amateur
1952 U.S. Amateur

Amateur majors shown in bold.

Major championships

=Amateur wins (1)=

class="wikitable"

!Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Runner-up

1952

U.S. Amateur

align=center|3 & 2

{{flagicon|USA}} Al Mengert

=Results timeline=

Note: As an amateur, Westland could not play in the PGA Championship. He did not play in The Open Championship.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1926

!1927

!1928

!1929

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NYF

align=left|U.S. Open

|T43

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Amateur

|R32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|DNQ

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1930

!1931

!1932

!1933

!1934

!1935

!1936

!1937

!1938

!1939

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NYF

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|63

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T41

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|CUT

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align=left|U.S. Amateur

|DNQ

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|R16

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|QF

|R64

|R32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R64

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R64

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1940

!1941

!1942

!1943

!1944

!1945

!1946

!1947

!1948

!1949

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Amateur

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R256

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1950

!1951

!1952

!1953

!1954

!1955

!1956

!1957

!1958

!1959

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T53

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Amateur

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|1

|R64

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R64

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!1960

!1961

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Amateur

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R128

align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

LA = Low Amateur

NYF = Tournament not yet founded

NT = No tournament

"T" indicates a tie for a place

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Sources: U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur,[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/ USGA Championship Database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221024412/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/ |date=December 21, 2010 }} The Masters,[http://www.masters.com/en_US/history/past_winners.html www.masters.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729144810/http://www.masters.com/en_US/history/past_winners.html |date=July 29, 2012 }} 1934 British Amateur{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VjAoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OWkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4667,2490955&hl=en |title=Our Yanks Left In British Amateur |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |agency=AP |date=May 24, 1934 |page=19 |access-date=March 3, 2011 }}