Henry Barbosa Gonzalez

Full Name: Henry Barbosa Gonzalez
Date of birth: May 3, 1916
Date of death: November 28, 2000

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	26	Jan 10, 1961 - Nov 5, 1961	57th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar
S	26	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961	55th ⁽²⁾ 56th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar

(1) In Senate, Franklin S. Spears, in special election 12/16/1961, sworn 12/22/1961, succeeded Henry B. Gonzalez, elected Congressman, 25th District, 11/4/1961, resigned Senate seat 11/5/1961. Spears' first session in the Senate was 57th 3rd Called Session. In House, Rudy Esquivel, in special election 12/16/1961, took office 12/22/1961, succeeded Franklin S. Spears, resigned 12/14/1961. Esquivel's first session was 57th 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Bi-lingual publications. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

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Senate District 26
Jan 10, 1961 - Nov 5, 1961
Legislatures: 57th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

Senate District 26
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 55th ⁽²⁾ 56th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

57th Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 22, election to Congress. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, R.S., SR 411, birthday. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
60th Legislature, 1st C.S., HCR 14, HemisFair '68. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
77th Legislature, R.S., SR 825. Resolutions - Memorial.
80th Legislature, R.S., SR 903. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

GONZALEZ, Henry Barbosa (1916-2000). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
GONZÁLEZ, HENRY BARBOSA (1916–2000). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 G589C. Henry B. Gonzalez, Democratic Representative from Texas, 1972.
Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 G589R. Henry B. Gonzalez: A Political Profile, 1976.
Biography in LRL collection, YOUNG TEXANS. Henry B. Gonzalez: Congressman of the People, 2006.
Photo and biographical sketch, Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, 2004.
Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance, 2001.
Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.

Other Resources

"UT to House Gonzalez Collection," 10/25/2006. "Gonzales was the first Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate, the first Mexican American to run . . . for governor, in 1958, and the first Mexican American elected from Texas to the U.S. House." Austin American-Statesman.
Henry B. Gonzalez, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Banking Committee, book in LRL collection, 923.2764 G589A 2008. Deception and Abuse at the Fed: Henry B. Gonzalez Battles Alan Greenspan's Bank, 2008.
Mentioned in MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS article. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online.
James E. Garcia. "Maverick Congressman Memorialized as 'A Voice for the Downtrodden,'" December 1, 2000, pp. 1-4. La Prensa San Diego.
Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
First Mexican-American elected to the Texas Senate; first Mexican-American elected to Congress from Texas. Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.
Molly Ivins. "So Long to Henry B.," December 8, 2000, p. 4. Texas Observer.

Photographs

Photograph. Henry B. Gonzalez, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry B. Gonzalez, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Henry B. Gonzalez, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Henry B. Gonzalez, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

57th R.S. - 1961 Banking Counties, Cities and Towns Jurisprudence Privileges and Elections Public Health State Health and Welfare Services Coordinating Commission
56th R.S. - 1959 Banking Counties, Cities and Towns Interstate Cooperation Jurisprudence Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) Public Health
55th R.S. - 1957 Banking Counties, Cities and Towns (Vice Chair) Interstate Cooperation Jurisprudence Privileges and Elections Public Health

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