Charles Louis Wurzbach
Full Name: Charles Louis WurzbachOther surnames: Wurzback
Date of birth: November 25, 1835
Date of death: August 26, 1892
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 86 | Jan 13, 1891 - Aug 26, 1892 | 22nd (1) | Democrat | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar | |
| H | 86 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (2) | Democrat | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar | |
| H | 71 | Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 | 17th (3) (4) | Democrat | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar | |
| H | 71 | Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 | 16th (5) | Democrat | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar | |
| H | 71 | Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 | 15th (6) | Democrat | San Antonio / Bexar | Bexar |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(5) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(6) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 22nd (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- San Antonio / Bexar
- Counties in district:
- Bexar
- Legislatures:
- 18th (2)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- San Antonio / Bexar
- Counties in district:
- Bexar
- Legislatures:
- 16th (5)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- San Antonio / Bexar
- Counties in district:
- Bexar
- Legislatures:
- 15th (6)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- San Antonio / Bexar
- Counties in district:
- Bexar
Terms of service notes
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(5) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(6) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
Biographical Information
- 23rd Legislature, R.S., Memorial resolution by Wilson, 1/17/1893, p. 82; Committee report and biographical sketches of Hon. C.L. Wurzbach and Hon. B.G. Selman, 4/5/1893, pp. 866-867; Motion to add the name of Hon. A.J. Chambers, 4/10/1893, pp. 917-918; Memorial service and memorial page, 4/10/1893, pp. 918-923. Resolutions - Memorial.
- WURZBACH, CHARLES LOUIS (1835-1892). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Geneaology and biographical sketch of Charles L. Wurzbach. Daughter Norma was the mother of Robert Christian Eckhardt. Relatives: Charles Louis Wurzbach - grandfather; Robert Christian Eckhart - grandson, With the makers of San Antonio. . . HeritageQuest Online.
- Biographical sketch of Judge Charles L. Wurzbach included in article on son George C. Wurzbach, D.D.S., Volume III, pp. 1247-1248. Relatives: Charles L. Wurzbach, father; William A. Wurzbach, son. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Charles L. Wurzbach, pp. 248-249. Born 11/24/1835 in Germany, married Kate Fink of La Grange on 11/12/1866. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Biographical sketch, p. 139. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
- Biographical sketch, Charles L. Wurzback, pp. 270-271. Roster spells name Wurzbach. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
- Biographical sketch, p. 268. Born in Germany in November, 1834. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
- Charles Wurzbach mentioned in biography of his brother Emil 'Dutch' Wurzbach, Texas Wanderlust: the Adventures of Dutch Wurzbach, 1997.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 407-409. 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.
- United States Army (1850s), Indian service on the Western frontier; Confederate States Army, Sibley's Brigade and Transmississippi Department; Texas State Rangers after the Civil War. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
- Wurzbach family group sheet. Relatives: Charles Louis Wurzbach - father; William A. Wurzbach - son. Relatives: William A. Wurzbach - uncle; Robert [Christian] Eckhardt - nephew. Descendants of Johann Jonathan Wurzbach, 2007.
- Photograph. C.L. Wurzbach, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. C.L. Wurzbach, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Chas. L. Wurzbach, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
- 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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