Eligio de la Garza

Full Name: Eligio "Kika" de la Garza II
Date of birth: September 22, 1927
Date of death: March 13, 2017

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	38-3	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th	Democrat	McAllen / Hidalgo	Hidalgo
H	38-3	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Mission / Hidalgo	Hidalgo
H	38-3	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Mission / Hidalgo	Hidalgo
H	38-3	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Mission / Hidalgo	Hidalgo
H	38-3	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Mission / Hidalgo	Hidalgo
H	38-3	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Mission / Hidalgo	Hidalgo

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House District 38-3
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: McAllen / Hidalgo
Counties in district: Hidalgo

House District 38-3
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mission / Hidalgo
Counties in district: Hidalgo

House District 38-3
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mission / Hidalgo
Counties in district: Hidalgo

House District 38-3
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mission / Hidalgo
Counties in district: Hidalgo

House District 38-3
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mission / Hidalgo
Counties in district: Hidalgo

House District 38-3
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mission / Hidalgo
Counties in district: Hidalgo

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

53rd Legislature, R.S., HSR 337. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
72nd Legislature, R.S., HR 416. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
86th Legislature, R.S., SR 685. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
85th Legislature, R.S., HR 963. Resolutions - Memorial.
85th Legislature, R.S., HR 967. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

de la GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika) (1927-2017). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.

Military Service Notes

United States Navy (1945-1946), United States Army (1950-1952). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.

Other Resources

Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online.
Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
Notice of death, 3/13/2017. Speaker of the House.
Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
"De la Garza won't resign if called up," 1/19/1991. Relatives: Eligio De La Garza - Uncle; Eddie De La Garza - Nephew. Valley Morning Star.

Photographs

Photograph. Eligio "Kika" de-la-Garza, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. (Kika) de la Garza, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

58th R.S. - 1963 Conservation and Reclamation (Chair) Counties Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) Oil, Gas, and Mining Revenue and Taxation
57th R.S. - 1961 Aeronautics Border Conference Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Buildings State Hospitals and Special Schools
56th R.S. - 1959 Common Carriers Federal Relations Municipal and Private Corporations Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Speaker Election Practices, Special State Hospitals and Special Schools
55th R.S. - 1957 Federal Relations (Chair) Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Revenue and Taxation State Hospitals and Special Schools
54th R.S. - 1955 Common Carriers (Chair) Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Printing State Hospitals and Special Schools
53rd R.S. - 1953 Common Carriers Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Representation Before the Legislature State Hospitals and Special Schools

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