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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasGONZÁLEZ, Henry Barbosa
(1916—2000)
GONZÁLEZ, Henry Barbosa, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., May 3, 1916; attended the University of Texas, Austin, Tex.; graduated from San Antonio College, San Antonio, Tex., 1935; graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Tex., 1943; business consultant; chief probation officer of Bexar County, Tex., 1945-1947; member of the San Antonio, Tex., city council, 1953-1956; member of the Texas state senate, 1956-1961; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Paul J. Kilday and reelected to the eighteen succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1961-January 3, 1999); chairman, Select Committee on Assassinations (Ninety-fifth Congress), Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998; died in San Antonio, Tex., on November 28, 2000; interment at San Fernando Cemetery II, San Antonio, Tex.
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. Austin, Tex.: Eakin Press, 2004.
Gonzalez, Henry B. “The Relinquishment of Co-Equality by Congress.” Harvard Journal on Legislation
29 (Summer 1992): 331-56.
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“Henry B. González” 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.
Pycior, Julie Leininger. “Henry B. Gonzalez,” in Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Michael L. Collins, and Patrick Cox, eds. Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington
. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1993.
Rodriguez, Eugene. Henry B. Gonzalez: A Political Profile.
New York: Arno Press, 1976.
Sloane, Todd A. Gonzalez of Texas: A Congressman for the People.
Evanston, Ill.: John Gordon Burke Publishing, 1996.
Wheelock, Warren. Hispanic Heros of the U.S.A.: Book Two.
St. Paul: EMC Corp, 1976.
Wheelock, Warren and J. O. “Rocky” Maynes, Jr. Henry B. González, Greater Justice for All; Trini Lopez, the Latin Sound; Edward Roybal, Awaken the Sleeping Giant
. Consultants, Jorge Valdivieso, Amalia Pérez, Fabiola Franco. St. Paul: EMC Corp., 1976.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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