Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Henry Barbosa Gonzalez

Full Name: Henry Barbosa Gonzalez
Birth date: May 3, 1916
Death date: November 28, 2000

Terms of Service

Senate, 57th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1961 - 11/5/1961
Democrat
Senate, 56th & 55th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1957 - 1/10/1961
Democrat

(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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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 .

Photographs

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

Other Resources

Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2001.
"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 .
GONZALEZ, Henry Barbosa (1916-2000). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
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 TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS article. Handbook of Texas Online .
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.
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.
Photo and biographical sketch, Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington 2004.
First Mexican-American elected to the Texas Senate; first Mexican-American elected to Congress from Texas. Tejano Struggle for Representation 2004.
Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation 2004.
Molly Ivins. "So Long to Henry B.," December 8, 2000, p. 4. Texas Observer .