Joe Barton wasn’t born in Ennis, but he got here as fast as he could. After graduating from Waco H.S., he eventually did arrive in town, he has always been a promoter of Ennis, the Lions, and in 2014 became the longest-serving member of the Texas congressional delegation.
He stepped down at the end of 2018 to cap a 33-year tenure in Washington D.C. as a Republican congressman from District 10, whic…
