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Ferdinand Carl Weinert Full Name: Ferdinand Carl Weinert Date of birth: July 14, 1853 Date of death: February 16, 1939 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 80 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1) (2)   Democrat Seguin / Guadalupe   Comal, Guadalupe H 80 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Seguin / Guadalupe   Comal, Guadalupe S 21 Jan 14, 1913 - May 3, 1913 33rd (3) (4) (5) (6)   Democrat Seguin / Guadalupe   Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays S 21 Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 14, 1913 31st (8) (9) (10)   32nd (7)   Democrat Seguin / Guadalupe Senate President Pro Tempore (31st)   Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays H 91 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Seguin / Guadalupe   Guadalupe H 97 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd   Democrat Seguin / Guadalupe   Guadalupe (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. (2) "Rep. F.C. Weinert, Seguin democrat, has former Rep. Reno Eichenroht, last republican to hold a seat in the legislature, as an opponent." "85 New Members Nominated for Lower House; Nine New Senators," 9/9/1932, p. 3. Big Spring Herald. (3) Resigned from Legislature, 5/30/1913, appointed Secretary of State 6/1/1913. Card File. (4) "To Choose a State Senator" and "Weinert in Charge of Office," 6/2/1913, p. 6: Harley mentioned as candidate, Weinert became Texas Secretary of State; "James A. Harley Elected: Seguin Man Unopposed for Senator from Twenty-First District," 7/21/1913, p. 2: Harley elected 7/19/1913. Galveston Daily News. (5) James A. Harley, sworn 7/21/1913, succeeded Ferdinand C. Weinert, resigned 5/3/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (6) 33rd Legislature - List of Senators elected on November 5, 1912, oath of office administered, 1/14/1913, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal. (7) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1. Senate Journal. (8) 31st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 9/9/1910, 4th C.S. Senate Journal. (9) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910. (10) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 152, 2/28/1939, pp. 855-856. Resolutions - Memorial. 46th Legislature, R.S., SR 25, 2/16/1939, p. 321. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches WEINERT, FERDINAND C. (1853-1939). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, Volume IV, pp. 1935-1936. Born in New Braunfels in 1850. A History of Texas and Texans, 1916. 42nd Legislature - Tribute to Hon. F.C. Weinert, 1/29/1931, pp. 179-180. Reprint of "Well-Deserved Tribute." by Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald, in the Austin American. Biographical sketch. House Journal. 43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Resolution Providing for Photograph of Hon. J.L. Goodman and Hon. F.C. Weinert, 9/7/1934, p. 72; Presentation of Portrait of J.L. Goodman and Hon. F.C. Weinert, 9/20/1934, pp. 281-284. Biographical sketches, birth dates. House Journal. Memorial, May 1974, p. 498. Memorial for Rudolph Weinert. Relatives: Ferdinand Weinert - father, Rudolph Weinert - son. Texas Bar Journal. Memorial, October 1956, p. 685. Memorial for H. H. Weinert, son of Ferdinand Weinert and brother of Rudolph Weinert. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Obituary, "F.C. Weinert, Ex-Senator, Dies at Seguin," 2/17/1939. Died 2/16/1939. Dallas Morning News. Ferdinand Carl Weinert, birth date 7/14/1853, death date 2/16/1939, burial in San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County. Find a Grave. 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. "Weinert's Granddaughter Shares Story of Historic Home, Family," 10/25/1992, pp. 1B-2B, includes photo. Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. Photographs Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.C. Weinert, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Photograph. F.C. Weinert, Texas Jurists Collection Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 33rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 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. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 43rd R.S. - 1933 Agriculture   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Chair)  Public Lands and Buildings   Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs   42nd R.S. - 1931 Constitutional Amendments   Counties   Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs   Tax Survey Committee   33rd R.S. - 1913 Congressional Districts   Educational Affairs   Finance   Indeterminate Sentencing Law, Investigate   Insurance, Statistics and History   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Senatorial Districts   State Penitentiaries (Chair)  32nd R.S. - 1911 Agricultural Affairs   Educational Affairs   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Privileges and Elections   Representative Districts   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Senatorial Districts   State Asylums   State Penitentiaries (Chair)  31st R.S. - 1909 Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations   Finance   Penitentiaries Investigating (Vice Chair)  Senate Journal Printing Costs   State Penitentiaries (Chair)  Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments   28th R.S. - 1903 County Government and County Finances   Finance   State Affairs   23rd R.S. - 1893 County Government and County Finances   Public Lands and Land Office   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Stock and Stockraising

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