Terms of Service

• House, 58th Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  Democrat
  
• House, 57th Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  
• House, 54th Legislature
  1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  

(1) Lawyer. "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. "Lawyers again comprise the largest group of any one profession in the 55th Texas Legislature, which convened in Austin January 8." Texas Bar Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

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

Photographs

• Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. E. (Kika) de la Garza, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eligio "Kika" de-la-Garza, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eligio de la Garza, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• de la GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika) (1927-2017). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
• United States Navy (1945-1946), United States Army (1950-1952). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
• 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 .
• Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation 2004.
• 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 .

Committee Information

• 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