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Fritz Engelhard
Full Name: Fritz Engelhard
Date of birth: August 7, 1878
Date of death: February 23, 1957
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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25
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Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
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43rd
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Democrat
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Eagle Lake / Colorado
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Austin, Colorado
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25
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Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
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42nd
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Democrat
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Eagle Lake / Colorado
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Austin, Colorado
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(1)
Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601.
House Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Other Resources |
Obituary, "LCRA Act Author Dies in Hospital," 2/24/1957, p. 6. "Former Representative Fritz Engelhard, author of the Lower Colorado River Authority Act," death date Saturday, 2/23/1957. "As a member of the Legislature, he was an active sponsor of the bills designed to create the state agency, the Lower Colorado River Authority . . . He was a member of the outgoing Legislature which at a final session late in 1934, passed the act [SB 2, 43rd 4th Called Session], creating the LCRA, and he was appointed to the first board, taking office in February, 1935. He was an early chairman of the LCRA board."
Austin American. SB 2, 43rd 4th C.S.
Fritz Engelhard, birth date 8/7/1878 in Nebraska, death date 2/23/1957 in San Antonio, lawyer.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14.
San Antonio Express.
43rd Legislature (1933) - Fritz Engelhard, postoffice Eagle Lake, Colorado County, nativity Nebraska, age 53, farmer, member of former legislatures: 42nd. 42nd Legislature (1931) - age 52.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Fritz Engelhard, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Fritz Engelhard, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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