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{{Short description|American politician (1916–2000)}} | |||
'''Henry Barbosa Gonzalez''' (], ] - ], ]) was a ] ] from the ] of ]. He represented Texas' 20th Congressional District from ]-]. Throughout his career, the district included all or most of his hometown of ]. | |||
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|name = Henry B. González | |||
|image = Henry B Gonzalez.jpg | |||
|state = ] | |||
|district = {{ushr|TX|20|20th}} | |||
|term_start = November 4, 1961 | |||
|term_end = January 3, 1999 | |||
|predecessor = ] | |||
|successor = ] | |||
|office1 = Ranking Member of the ] | |||
|term_start1 = January 3, 1995 | |||
|term_end1 = January 3, 1999 | |||
|predecessor1= ] | |||
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|office2 = Chair of the ] | |||
|term_start2 = January 3, 1989 | |||
|term_end2 = January 3, 1995 | |||
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|birth_name = Enrique Barbosa González | |||
|birth_date = {{birth date|1916|5|3}} | |||
|birth_place = ], ], U.S. | |||
|death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2000|11|28|1916|5|3}}}} | |||
|death_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |||
|party = ] | |||
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'''Henry Barbosa González''' (born '''Enrique Barbosa González''';<ref name=UTexas /> May 3, 1916 – November 28, 2000) was an American ] ] from the ] of ], who represented ] from 1961 to 1999.<ref></ref> He is the longest serving Hispanic in Congress and a founding member of the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=GovInfo |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.govinfo.gov |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Early life== | |||
Gonzalez attended the ] and ]. Gonzalez served on the San Antonio city council from ] to ]. Gonzalez was then a member of the Texas state senate from ] to ]. Gonzalez set the Texas Senate record by filibustering a set of bills on ] for 36 straight hours. Most of the bills were abandoned. He ran for Governor of Texas in ], he finished second in the ] to ]. In ] ], Gonzalez ran in the special election for ]'s ] seat, finishing sixth. However, in ], 20th District Congressman Paul Kilday was appointed to the Court of Military Appeals. Gonzalez ran in the special election in November and won. He was elected to a full term the next year and seventeen times thereafter, never facing a credible or well-funded challenge. | |||
González was born in ], ], the son of Mexican-born parents Genoveva (née Barbosa) and Leonides Gonzalez (from ]), who had immigrated during the ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/gonzalez.htm |title=Charlie Gonzalez ancestry |access-date=March 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605040640/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/gonzalez.htm |archive-date=June 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After he received an ] from ], he earned his undergraduate credentials from the ]. Later, he received a ] from ], also in San Antonio. Upon graduation, he became a probation officer, and was quickly promoted to the chief office of ]. In 1945, he quit after a judge refused to allow him to add an African-American probation officer to his staff.<ref name="House history">, ''] History''. Retrieved July 1, 2018.</ref> In 1950, he was ] of Troop 90 in San Antonio,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sa-troop90.org|title=San Antonio, Troop 90|access-date=June 30, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727225202/http://www.sa-troop90.org/|archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> of which his ] was a member.<ref>{{cite speech | title = 2010 Hispanic Leadership Awards | author2 = Charlie Gonzalez | author2-link = Charlie Gonzalez | first1 = Charlie | last1 = Gonzalez | author-link = National Capital Area Council | date = June 30, 2010 | location = Washington, D.C. | url = <!--| access-date = June 30, 2010-->}}</ref> | |||
Gonzalez became known for his liberal views. In ], Congressman ] called Gonzalez a "communist" and a "pinko" and Gonzalez confronted him. Gonzalez was referred to as a "communist" in ] by a man in a restaurant. Gonzalez responded by punching him in the face. Gonzalez was acquitted of assault for this incident. | |||
==Career in local and state politics== | |||
Gonzalez introduced legislation calling for the ] of ] and ]. Gonzalez also blocked hearings into ] until finally agreeing to hold hearings in ]. In ], Gonzalez fell ill and he was unable to return to the House for over a year. He didn't seek re-election in ] and he was succeeded by his son ]. | |||
González served on the San Antonio City Council from 1953 to 1956. As a city councilmember, González helped desegregate swimming pools and other public accommodations in San Antonio.<ref name=fighter>{{cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=John W.|title=Henry B. Gonzalez: Always the fighter|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=March 19, 2015|access-date=July 20, 2018|url=https://www.expressnews.com/150years/article/Henry-B-Gonzalez-Always-the-fighter-6139622.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721035501/https://www.expressnews.com/150years/article/Henry-B-Gonzalez-Always-the-fighter-6139622.php|archive-date=July 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Kohout|first=Martin Donell|title=González, Henry Barbosa (1916–2000)|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/gonzalez-henry-barbosa|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=Texas State Historical Association: Handbook of Texas}}</ref> | |||
In 1956, he defeated ] candidate Jesse Oppenheimer for a seat in the ]. In 1960, he defeated another Republican, Ika "Ike" Simpson Kampmann, Jr. (1918-2006), to hold his state Senate seat.<ref name=bcrh>{{cite web|url=http://www.bexargop.org/history.php |title=Bexar County Republican History |publisher=bexargop.org |access-date=May 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214135447/http://www.bexargop.org/history.php |archive-date=February 14, 2015 }}</ref> He remained in the Senate until 1961 and set the filibuster record in the chamber at the time<ref>The record was surpassed in 1977 by Senator ] of ].</ref> by speaking for thirty-six straight hours against a set of bills on ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hispanic Americans in Congress -- González|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/gonzalez.html|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=www.loc.gov}}</ref> Most of the bills were abandoned (eight out of ten). | |||
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He ran for ] in 1958 and finished second in the Democratic ] (the real contest for governor in what was then a solidly Democratic state) to ]. In May 1961, González ran in the special election for the ] seat that ] vacated to become ]. He finished in sixth place in part because he split the liberal and Hispanic vote with ], of San Antonio.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} | |||
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==House of Representatives== | |||
In September 1961, President ] appointed Rep. ] of ] to the ]. González entered the special election for the San Antonio-based district in November 1961 and defeated a strong Republican candidate, attorney ], whom former U.S. President ] flew to San Antonio to endorse.<ref name=bcrh/> Mexican film star ] appeared with Vice President Johnson at ]s and ]s in San Antonio to support González, who would never face another contest nearly that close.<ref>Gilbert Garcia, "Castro unlike O'Rourke has much to lose", ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 31, 2017, p. A2.</ref> He was unopposed for a full term in 1962 and was reelected seventeen times thereafter. He never faced truly serious or well-funded opposition, having been unopposed in 1970, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, and 1984. In fact, the 20th district was (and remains) so heavily Democratic that González faced Republican opposition only five times and handily prevailed whenever challenged. | |||
González became known for his staunchly liberal views. In 1963, Republican U.S. Representative ] called González a "]" and a "]" and González confronted him. González was again referred to as a "communist" in 1986 by a man at ] restaurant, a popular San Antonio eatery. The 70-year-old representative responded by punching him in the face. González was acquitted of assault for this incident when the restaurant patron dropped the charge.<ref name=centennial>{{cite web|first=John W.|last=Gonzalez|title=Centennial tributes set for Henry B. Gonzalez|work=]|date=May 1, 2016|url=http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Centennial-tributes-set-for-Henry-B-Gonzalez-7385882.php|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721034924/https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Centennial-tributes-set-for-Henry-B-Gonzalez-7385882.php|archive-date=July 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Unlike many southern politicians at the time, González vocally supported civil rights proposals.<ref name="fighter" /><ref name=":0" /> He voted in favor of the ] and ],<ref>{{cite web|title=H.R. 7152. PASSAGE.|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h128}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113}}</ref> and the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT.|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87}}</ref> | |||
González was in President Kennedy's ] through ] on November 22, 1963.<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992">{{cite news |last=Mittelstadt |first=Michelle |date=January 26, 1992 |title=Assassination questions: Texas congressman in JFK's motorcade wants records opened |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ZysSsiWj_g4C&dat=19920126&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |newspaper=The Victoria Advocate |volume=146 |issue=263 |location=Victoria, Texas |agency=AP |pages=1A, 10A |access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref> He recalled rolling down the window as his car neared the ], then hearing three distinct shots during the assassination.<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992" /> González's car proceeded to ] where, upon seeing a blood-soaked bouquet of roses in the rear of the ], he initially believed ] had been shot.<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992" /> There, he saw Lyndon Johnson, ], Mrs. Kennedy, and President Kennedy's sheet covered body.<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992" /> González helped place Kennedy's casket in the hearse that transported Kennedy to ].<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992" /> | |||
Reported to be unsettled by the effect that the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, ], and ] had on the nation, González pushed in 1975 for a ] study.<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992"/> In 1976, the ] (HSCA) was created to investigate the deaths of President Kennedy and ], and González succeeded ] as its chairman in January 1977.<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992"/><ref name="The Middlesboro Daily News; December 22, 1976">{{cite news|title=Chief of Kennedy Probe Convinced No Conspiracy|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JkFBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=86gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562%2C4607514|access-date=March 28, 2015|newspaper=The Middlesboro Daily News|date=December 22, 1976|agency=UPI|location=Middlesboro, Kentucky}}</ref> After a power struggle with the HSCA's ], he resigned as the committee's chairman that same year.<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992"/> Shortly before González chaired the HSCA, Robert P. Gemberling, head of the FBI's investigation of the Kennedy assassination for thirteen years after the release of the ]'s report, said González, as well as Downing, had "preconceived conspiracy theories".<ref name="The Middlesboro Daily News; December 22, 1976"/> According to a 1992 report, González did not rule out the possibility of shots other than the three he heard were fired from a ].<ref name="The Victoria Advocate; January 26, 1992"/> | |||
Following the ] in 1983, González suggested the ] of President ], and he introduced articles of impeachment related to the ] and sent them to the ] in 1987. No further action was taken on said articles.<ref name="House history" /><ref> | |||
.</ref><ref name="Henry B dies">{{cite news|last=Danini|first=Carmina|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EAFE98B10B44405&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420&p_openurl=NewsBank|title=Henry B. dies|work=San Antonio Express-News|date=November 29, 2000|page=1A}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/06/us/texan-acts-for-impeachment.html|title=Texan acts for impeachment|agency=Associated Press|work=The New York Times|date=March 6, 1987|access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> González later called for the impeachment of President ] for not obtaining ] before the 1991 ].<ref name="House history" /><ref>''See'' and of the ].</ref> Early in the ], González also blocked hearings into the ] until finally agreeing to hold hearings in 1994.<ref name="bows to no one">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/24/us/a-populist-from-texas-who-bows-to-no-one.html|title=A Populist From Texas Who Bows to No One|last=Wines|first=Michael|work=The New York Times|date=March 24, 1994|access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Whitewater implications">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/27/us/whitewater-affair-implications-so-often-past-sideshow-offing.html|title=As So Often in the Past, A Sideshow in the Offing|work=The New York Times|date=July 27, 1994|last=Rosenbaum|first=David E.|access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> González was an outspoken critic of the ], and proposed an audit and introduced bills to impeach ] and other Governors of the Federal Reserve.<ref>Federal Reserve Audit and Accountability Act, introduced as H.R.1160 in the ] (other examples are available on ), and H. Res. 101 of the ] (other examples are available on ).</ref> | |||
==Retirement== | |||
In 1997, González fell ill and was unable to return to the House for over a year. Finally, he decided not to run for a 19th full term in 1998. He died in a ] hospital on November 28, 2000. | |||
He had long groomed his son, ], to succeed him. Charlie Gonzalez won easily in 1998 and served through January 2013; between them, father and son served 52 consecutive years in Congress.<ref name=UTexas>{{cite web |url=https://www.cah.utexas.edu/feature/0611/bio_two.php |title=Henry B. Gonzalez: Early Life and Entry into Politics |date=November 26, 2008 |publisher=Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |access-date=April 23, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/sa-obituaries/article/Henry-B-Gonzalez-s-widow-dies-at-99-10867238.php|title=Henry B. Gonzalez's widow dies at 99|author=Carmina Danini |journal=San Antonio Express-News |date=January 18, 2017 |access-date=April 27, 2018}}</ref> | |||
==Legacy== | |||
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*] is celebrated on González's Birthday, May 3, as a way to celebrate his achievements in Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcoPxyNLl4cC&q=National+Taco+Day|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|last1=Congress|first1=United States|year=1968}}</ref> | |||
*On October 24, 2006, it was announced that González's personal notes, correspondence and mementos would become part of the Congressional History Collection at the ]'s Center for American History. | |||
*The ] in San Antonio is named for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahbgcc.com/default.asp?sanantonio=21|title=History|work=Henry B. González Convention Center|access-date=September 6, 2012}}</ref> | |||
*There are Henry B. González elementary schools in ], ], ], and ]. | |||
*On May 1, 2016, two days before González's 100th birthday, the '']'' ran a series of articles reminiscing on his career and legacy. | |||
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American politician (1916–2000)
Henry B. González | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 20th district | |
In office November 4, 1961 – January 3, 1999 | |
Preceded by | Paul J. Kilday |
Succeeded by | Charlie Gonzalez |
Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee | |
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 | |
Preceded by | Jim Leach |
Succeeded by | John LaFalce |
Chair of the House Financial Services Committee | |
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Fernand St. Germain |
Succeeded by | Jim Leach |
Personal details | |
Born | Enrique Barbosa González (1916-05-03)May 3, 1916 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Died | November 28, 2000(2000-11-28) (aged 84) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Bertha Cuellar (m. 1940) |
Children | 8, including Charlie |
Education | San Antonio College University of Texas, Austin (BA) St. Mary's University, Texas (JD) |
Henry Barbosa González (born Enrique Barbosa González; May 3, 1916 – November 28, 2000) was an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999. He is the longest serving Hispanic in Congress and a founding member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Early life
González was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican-born parents Genoveva (née Barbosa) and Leonides Gonzalez (from Mapimí, Durango), who had immigrated during the Mexican Revolution. After he received an associate's degree from San Antonio College, he earned his undergraduate credentials from the University of Texas at Austin. Later, he received a Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law, also in San Antonio. Upon graduation, he became a probation officer, and was quickly promoted to the chief office of Bexar County, Texas. In 1945, he quit after a judge refused to allow him to add an African-American probation officer to his staff. In 1950, he was scoutmaster of Troop 90 in San Antonio, of which his son was a member.
Career in local and state politics
González served on the San Antonio City Council from 1953 to 1956. As a city councilmember, González helped desegregate swimming pools and other public accommodations in San Antonio.
In 1956, he defeated Republican candidate Jesse Oppenheimer for a seat in the Texas Senate. In 1960, he defeated another Republican, Ika "Ike" Simpson Kampmann, Jr. (1918-2006), to hold his state Senate seat. He remained in the Senate until 1961 and set the filibuster record in the chamber at the time by speaking for thirty-six straight hours against a set of bills on segregation. Most of the bills were abandoned (eight out of ten).
He ran for governor in 1958 and finished second in the Democratic primary (the real contest for governor in what was then a solidly Democratic state) to Price Daniel. In May 1961, González ran in the special election for the Senate seat that Lyndon B. Johnson vacated to become U.S. Vice President. He finished in sixth place in part because he split the liberal and Hispanic vote with Maury Maverick, Jr., of San Antonio.
House of Representatives
In September 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Rep. Paul J. Kilday of Texas's 20th congressional district to the Court of Military Appeals. González entered the special election for the San Antonio-based district in November 1961 and defeated a strong Republican candidate, attorney John W. Goode, whom former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower flew to San Antonio to endorse. Mexican film star Cantinflas appeared with Vice President Johnson at shopping centers and supermarkets in San Antonio to support González, who would never face another contest nearly that close. He was unopposed for a full term in 1962 and was reelected seventeen times thereafter. He never faced truly serious or well-funded opposition, having been unopposed in 1970, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, and 1984. In fact, the 20th district was (and remains) so heavily Democratic that González faced Republican opposition only five times and handily prevailed whenever challenged.
González became known for his staunchly liberal views. In 1963, Republican U.S. Representative Ed Foreman called González a "communist" and a "pinko" and González confronted him. González was again referred to as a "communist" in 1986 by a man at Earl Abel's restaurant, a popular San Antonio eatery. The 70-year-old representative responded by punching him in the face. González was acquitted of assault for this incident when the restaurant patron dropped the charge.
Unlike many southern politicians at the time, González vocally supported civil rights proposals. He voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
González was in President Kennedy's fateful motorcade through Dallas on November 22, 1963. He recalled rolling down the window as his car neared the Texas School Book Depository, then hearing three distinct shots during the assassination. González's car proceeded to Parkland Memorial Hospital where, upon seeing a blood-soaked bouquet of roses in the rear of the presidential limousine, he initially believed Jackie Kennedy had been shot. There, he saw Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Mrs. Kennedy, and President Kennedy's sheet covered body. González helped place Kennedy's casket in the hearse that transported Kennedy to Air Force One.
Reported to be unsettled by the effect that the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. had on the nation, González pushed in 1975 for a House committee study. In 1976, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) was created to investigate the deaths of President Kennedy and King, and González succeeded Thomas N. Downing as its chairman in January 1977. After a power struggle with the HSCA's counsel, he resigned as the committee's chairman that same year. Shortly before González chaired the HSCA, Robert P. Gemberling, head of the FBI's investigation of the Kennedy assassination for thirteen years after the release of the Warren Commission's report, said González, as well as Downing, had "preconceived conspiracy theories". According to a 1992 report, González did not rule out the possibility of shots other than the three he heard were fired from a silencer.
Following the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983, González suggested the impeachment of President Ronald Reagan, and he introduced articles of impeachment related to the Iran–Contra scandal and sent them to the House Judiciary Committee in 1987. No further action was taken on said articles. González later called for the impeachment of President George H. W. Bush for not obtaining Congressional approval before the 1991 Gulf War. Early in the presidency of Bill Clinton, González also blocked hearings into the Whitewater controversy until finally agreeing to hold hearings in 1994. González was an outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve System, and proposed an audit and introduced bills to impeach Paul Volcker and other Governors of the Federal Reserve.
Retirement
In 1997, González fell ill and was unable to return to the House for over a year. Finally, he decided not to run for a 19th full term in 1998. He died in a San Antonio hospital on November 28, 2000.
He had long groomed his son, Charlie, to succeed him. Charlie Gonzalez won easily in 1998 and served through January 2013; between them, father and son served 52 consecutive years in Congress.
Legacy
- National Taco Day is celebrated on González's Birthday, May 3, as a way to celebrate his achievements in Congress.
- On October 24, 2006, it was announced that González's personal notes, correspondence and mementos would become part of the Congressional History Collection at the University of Texas at Austin's Center for American History.
- The Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio is named for him.
- There are Henry B. González elementary schools in Edgewood Independent School District, Eagle Pass Independent School District, La Joya Independent School District, and Dallas Independent School District.
- On May 1, 2016, two days before González's 100th birthday, the San Antonio Express-News ran a series of articles reminiscing on his career and legacy.
See also
References
- ^ "Henry B. Gonzalez: Early Life and Entry into Politics". Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. November 26, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- Official Congressional Biography
- "GovInfo". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- "Charlie Gonzalez ancestry". Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ Henry Gonzalez, House of Representatives History. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- "San Antonio, Troop 90". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- Gonzalez, Charlie; Charlie Gonzalez (June 30, 2010). 2010 Hispanic Leadership Awards (Speech). Washington, D.C.
- ^ Gonzalez, John W. (March 19, 2015). "Henry B. Gonzalez: Always the fighter". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ Kohout, Martin Donell. "González, Henry Barbosa (1916–2000)". Texas State Historical Association: Handbook of Texas. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ "Bexar County Republican History". bexargop.org. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- The record was surpassed in 1977 by Senator Bill Meier of Tarrant County.
- "Hispanic Americans in Congress -- González". www.loc.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- Gilbert Garcia, "Castro unlike O'Rourke has much to lose", San Antonio Express-News, March 31, 2017, p. A2.
- Gonzalez, John W. (May 1, 2016). "Centennial tributes set for Henry B. Gonzalez". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- "H.R. 7152. PASSAGE".
- "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".
- "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
- ^ Mittelstadt, Michelle (January 26, 1992). "Assassination questions: Texas congressman in JFK's motorcade wants records opened". The Victoria Advocate. Vol. 146, no. 263. Victoria, Texas. AP. pp. 1A, 10A. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- ^ "Chief of Kennedy Probe Convinced No Conspiracy". The Middlesboro Daily News. Middlesboro, Kentucky. UPI. December 22, 1976. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- H.Res.111 - A resolution impeaching Ronald W. Reagan, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
- Danini, Carmina (November 29, 2000). "Henry B. dies". San Antonio Express-News. p. 1A.
- "Texan acts for impeachment". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 6, 1987. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- See H.Res. 34 and H.Res. 86 of the 102nd Congress.
- Wines, Michael (March 24, 1994). "A Populist From Texas Who Bows to No One". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- Rosenbaum, David E. (July 27, 1994). "As So Often in the Past, A Sideshow in the Offing". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- Federal Reserve Audit and Accountability Act, introduced as H.R.1160 in the 105th Congress (other examples are available on Congress.gov), and H. Res. 101 of the 99th Congress (other examples are available on Congress.gov).
- Carmina Danini (January 18, 2017). "Henry B. Gonzalez's widow dies at 99". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- Congress, United States (1968). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress".
- "History". Henry B. González Convention Center. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
External links
- United States Congress. "Henry B. González (id: G000272)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Official Page by the Historian of the House of Representatives
- Story on Rep. Gonzalez's collection at UT Austin
- Henry B. Gonzalez Feature at the Center for American History Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, includes biography, video, gallery, timeline, and lesson plans.
- Column by Molly Ivins shortly after Rep. Gonzalez's death
- Appearances on C-SPAN
Texas Senate | ||
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Preceded byOzzie Latimer | Member of the Texas Senate from the 26th district 1957–1961 |
Succeeded byFranklin Spears |
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
Preceded byPaul J. Kilday | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 20th congressional district 1961–1999 |
Succeeded byCharlie Gonzalez |
Preceded byFernand St. Germain | Chair of the House Financial Services Committee 1989–1995 |
Succeeded byJim Leach |
Preceded byJim Leach | Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee 1995–1998 |
Succeeded byJohn LaFalce |
Chairs of the United States House Committee on Financial Services | ||
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- 1916 births
- 2000 deaths
- American politicians of Mexican descent
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- Democratic Party Texas state senators
- Hispanic and Latino American members of the United States Congress
- Politicians from San Antonio
- St. Mary's University School of Law alumni
- Whitewater controversy
- 20th-century members of the Texas Legislature
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives