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Charles Louis Wurzbach Full Name: Charles Louis Wurzbach Other surnames: Wurzback Date of birth: November 25, 1835 Date of death: August 26, 1892 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 86 Jan 13, 1891 - Aug 26, 1892 22nd (1)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 86 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (2)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 71 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (3) (4)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 71 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (5)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 71 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th (6)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (5) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (6) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches WURZBACH, CHARLES LOUIS (1835-1892). Handbook of Texas Online. Geneaology and biographical sketch of Charles L. Wurzbach. Daughter Norma was the mother of Robert Christian Eckhardt. Relatives: Charles Louis Wurzbach - grandfather; Robert Christian Eckhart - grandson, With the makers of San Antonio. . . HeritageQuest Online. Portrait and biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch, p. 139. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biographical sketch, Charles L. Wurzback, pp. 270-271. Roster spells name Wurzbach. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biographical sketch, p. 268. Born in Germany in November, 1834. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Charles Wurzbach mentioned in biography of his brother Emil 'Dutch' Wurzbach, Texas Wanderlust: the Adventures of Dutch Wurzbach, 1997. Other Resources Wurzbach family group sheet. Relatives: Charles Louis Wurzbach - father; William A. Wurzbach - son. Relatives: William A. Wurzbach - uncle; Robert [Christian] Eckhardt - nephew. Descendants of Johann Jonathan Wurzbach, 2007. Photographs Photograph. Louis Wurzback, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Charles Louis Wurzbach, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Charles Louis Wurzbach, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 22nd R.S. - 1891 Finance   Insurance, Statistics, and History   Irrigation   Printing of Daily Senate and House Journals   Public Lands and Land Office   Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts   Revenue and Taxation   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Southwestern Lunatic Asylum   State Asylums   Town and City Corporations   18th R.S. - 1883 Election of W.H. Tucker of Anderson County   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)  17th R.S. - 1881 Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Finance   Internal Improvements   Revenue and Taxation (Chair)  Senatorial and Representative Districts (Chair)  Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment (Co-Chair)  16th R.S. - 1879 Assessment and Collection of Taxes (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Funeral and Remains of the Late Honorable Gustave Schleicher   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   New Judiciary Article to the Constitution   Penal Code, Select   Privileges and Elections   Public Lands and Land Office   Towns and City Corporations   15th R.S. - 1876 Assessment and Collection of Taxes   Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   Public Lands and Land Office   State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations   Treasury Mileage Payments to House and Senate

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