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

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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.

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House District 86
Jan 13, 1891 - Aug 26, 1892
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 86
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 71
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 71
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 71
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

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Resolutions and Journal entries

23rd Legislature, R.S., Memorial resolution by Wilson, 1/17/1893, p. 82; Committee report and biographical sketches of Hon. C.L. Wurzbach and Hon. B.G. Selman, 4/5/1893, pp. 866-867; Motion to add the name of Hon. A.J. Chambers, 4/10/1893, pp. 917-918; Memorial service and memorial page, 4/10/1893, pp. 918-923. Resolutions - Memorial.

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.
Biographical sketch of Judge Charles L. Wurzbach included in article on son George C. Wurzbach, D.D.S., Volume III, pp. 1247-1248. Relatives: Charles L. Wurzbach, father; William A. Wurzbach, son. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Charles L. Wurzbach, pp. 248-249. Born 11/24/1835 in Germany, married Kate Fink of La Grange on 11/12/1866. 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.
Biographical sketch, pp. 407-409. With the Makers of San Antonio: Genealogies of the Early Latin, Anglo-American, and German Families with Occasional Biographies, Each Group Being Prefaced with a Brief Historical Sketch and Illustrations, 1937.

Military Service Notes

United States Army (1850s), Indian service on the Western frontier; Confederate States Army, Sibley's Brigade and Transmississippi Department; Texas State Rangers after the Civil War. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.

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. C.L. Wurzbach, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.L. Wurzbach, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Chas. L. Wurzbach, 15th 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 Information top

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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