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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Texasde la GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika)
(1927—)
de la GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika), a Representative from Texas; born in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Tex., September 22, 1927; educated at Mission (Tex.) High School, Edinburgh (Tex.) Junior College, and St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Tex., LL.B., 1952; at age 17 enlisted in the United States Navy and served from 1945 to 1946; served as an officer in the United States Army, Thirty-seventh Division Artillery, 1950-1952; graduated as a second lieutenant, St. Mary’s ROTC, in 1951 and from the Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla., in 1952; was admitted to the bar in 1952 and began practice in Mission, Tex.; member of the State house of representatives 1952-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1997); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred Third Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
de la Garza, Kika. “Linking Trade Growth and the Environment: One Lawmaker’s View.” Environmental Law
23 (1993): 701-2.
“Eligio “Kika” de la Garza II” in Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995
. Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Carmen E. Enciso and Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995.
U.S. Congress. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture. The War We Must Not Lose: The War on Hunger.
99th Congress, 1st Session, 1985. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1985.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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