The American politician, J.C. Watts, cited his uncle, Wade Watts, as what?
a mentor
Wade Watts
Wade Watts (23 September 1919 – 13 December 1998) was an African American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma.
 He served as the state president of the Oklahoma chapter of the NAACP for sixteen years, challenging the Ku Klux Klan through Christian love doctrine.
 He worked with Thurgood Marshall and developed a friendship with Martin Luther King during the American civil rights movement, and has been cited as a mentor by the current leader of the NAACP in Oklahoma, Miller Newman, and his nephew, former congressman, J. C. Watts.
J. C. Watts
Julius Caesar "J. C." Watts Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League.
 Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.
Mabel Desmond
Mabel J. Desmond (born January 30, 1929) is an American politician and schoolteacher from Maine.
 Desmond, a Democrat, served four terms (1994–2002) as representative to the Maine House of Representatives.
 A Democrat, District 146 included parts of northern Aroostook County, including Ashland, Castle Hill, Mapleton, New Sweden, Wade, Washburn and Woodland.
 She served on the education and cultural affairs committee.
 She is married and has four children.
 In 2007, the former teacher was appointed by Governor John Baldacci to the Maine State Board of Education. William Barton Wade Dent
William Barton Wade Dent (September 8, 1806 – September 7, 1855) was an American politician, educator, soldier and businessman from Georgia.
 He represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress (1853–1855). Vivian E. Watts
Vivian Edna Watts (born June 7, 1940) is an American politician who is serving as a Democrat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
 She was first elected in 1981; but left to serve as the state's Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety in 1986.
 She was again elected to the House in 1996.
 She represents the 39th district, which includes part of Fairfax County. William H. Wade
William Henry Wade (November 3, 1835 – January 13, 1911) was an American politician.
 He was a soldier in the Union Army and an U.S. Representative from Missouri. Hugh Wade
Hugh Joseph Wade (June 29, 1901 – March 25, 1995) was an American politician who served as the first Secretary of State of Alaska, serving from January 3, 1959 until December 5, 1966. Wade Kach
A. Wade Kach (born July 19, 1947) is an American politician and member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Tye Sheridan
Tye Kayle Sheridan (born November 11, 1996) is an American actor.
 Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick's experimental drama film "The Tree of Life" (2011) and had his first leading role in Jeff Nichols's film "Mud" (2012).
 He also co-starred in David Gordon Green's drama "Joe" (2013).
 In 2015, he starred in the drama "The Stanford Prison Experiment".
 Sheridan played Cyclops in the 2016 film "", and will portray the lead character, Wade Watts, in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One", which is scheduled for a March 30, 2018 release.
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 He will also be reprising his role as Cyclops in the upcoming film "". Samuel Watts (Virginian)
Samuel Watts (November 28, 1799 – May 17, 1878) was a nineteenth-century American politician from Virginia.