Theodore Rudolph Hertzberg
Full Name: Theodore Rudolph HertzbergDate of birth: June 6, 1817
Date of death: March 18, 1903
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 29 | Feb 8, 1870 - Dec 2, 1871 | 12th (1) (2) (3) | Radical Republican | Menard / Menard | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Wilson |
(1) Hertzberg resigned 12/2/1871. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(3) Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
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Senate District 29
Feb 8, 1870 - Dec 2, 1871 Legislatures: 12th (1) (2) (3) Party: Radical Republican Home City/County: Menard / Menard Counties in district: Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Wilson |
(1) Hertzberg resigned 12/2/1871. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(3) Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- HERTZBERG, THEODOR RUDOLPH (1817-1903). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Dr. Theodore Hertzberg, one of the first settlers of Sisterdale community, p. 371; history of German newspapers, involvement in the Texas State Zeitung and Freie Presse für Texas, pp. 373-374; brief biographical sketch, "prominent Republican," p. 404. 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.
Other Resources
- Death notice, Prof. Theodore R. Hertzberg, Ph.D., and funeral notice, Theodor R. Hertzberg, San Antonio Daily Light, 3/18/1903, pp. 3, 8. Obituary, Mortuary, Dr. Theo Hertzberg, Ph.D., San Antonio Daily Light, 3/19/1903, p. 3. Death date 3/18/1903, interment in San Antonio City Cemetery No. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 3/18/1903, p. 3 3/18/1903, p. 8 3/19/1903, p. 3
- Theodore Rudolph Hertzberg, in "Germans Who Served in Texas Government, 1831-1915," by Terry L. Smart, San Antonio. German-Texan Heritage Society, The Journal, Volume 32, Number 3, Fall 2010, pp. 199-201, crediting German-Texan Heritage Society.
- Texas Legislature, the Senate: "Theodore Rudolph Hertzberg, also of San Antonio, was a leading opponent of slavery and secession prior to the Civil War. After the war, in 1870, he was elected to the State Senate from Bexar County as a Republican. He resigned from the Senate after one year to accept the first of several appointive positions he held from 1871 to 1886."
- U.S. Consul: "In late 1881, President Chester A. Arthur selected Prussian immigrant Theodore Rudolph Hertzberg of San Antonio to be the U.S. Consul at the industrial city of St. Etienne in France, a position Hertzberg occupied for five years."
- Texas Immigration Bureau: "Theodore Rudolph Hertzberg of San Antonio resigned from the State Senate in 1871 to accept appointment by Governor Edmund Davis to head the Texas Immigration Bureau. This was an agency created to promote European emigration to Texas."
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12th Adjourned - 1871
Education Elections Fire Protection of State Buildings Immigration Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Militia (Chair) Privileges and Elections | ||
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12th R.S. - 1871
Education Elections Immigration Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Militia (Chair) Privileges and Elections | ||
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12th 1st C.S. - 1870
Education Elections Immigration Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Militia (Chair) Privileges and Elections | ||
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12th Provisional - 1870
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