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Theodore Rudolph Hertzberg

Full Name: Theodore Rudolph "Theo" Hertzberg
Date of birth: June 6, 1817
Date of death: March 18, 1903

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 29 Feb 8, 1870 - Dec 2, 1871 12th (1) (2) (3) (4)   Radical Republican Menard / Menard   Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Wilson

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Theo Hertzberg, oaths of office as senator of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(2) Hertzberg resigned 12/2/1871. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(3) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
12th (1) (2) (3) (4)  
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

Terms of service notes


(1) Theo Hertzberg, oaths of office as senator of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(2) Hertzberg resigned 12/2/1871. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(3) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩

Biographical Information

  • 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."
    Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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