Robert C. Eckhardt
Full Name: Robert Christian "Bob" Eckhardt
Date of birth: July 16, 1913
Date of death: November 13, 2001
Terms of Service top
Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
H
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22-2
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Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967
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59th
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Democrat
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Houston / Harris
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Harris
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H
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22-2
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Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
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58th
(1)
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Democrat
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Houston / Harris
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Harris
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H
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22-2
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Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
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57th
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Democrat
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Houston / Harris
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Harris
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H
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22-2
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Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
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56th
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Democrat
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Houston / Harris
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Harris
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(1)
Sworn 11/16/1962.
Oaths of Office.
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Selected Newspaper articles
Resolutions and Journal entries
Biographical Sketches
- ECKHARDT, Robert Christian (1913-2001). Representative, TX.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
- Biography in LRL collection, 342.73 EC57K.
Eckhardt: There Once Was a Congressman From Texas, 2007.
- Geneaology and biographical sketch of Charles L. Wurzbach. Daughter Norma was the mother of Robert Christian Eckhardt. Relatives: Charles Louis Wurzbach - grandfather; Robert Christian Eckhart - grandson, With the makers of San Antonio. . .
HeritageQuest Online.
- Robert J. Eckhardt mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, Robert C. Eckhardt and his mother, Caroline Kleberg Eckhardt. Robert J. is brother of Dr. Joseph C.A. Eckhardt of Austin. [Father of Robert Christian Eckhardt.] Biographical sketches and portraits, Volume III, pp. 1209-1213; Volume IV, pp. 1701-1702.
A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
- Siblings Rudolph, Marcellus, and Caroline Kleberg [Eckhardt] mentioned in biographical sketch of their father, Robert Justus Kleberg. Relatives: Rudolph and Marcellus Kleberg - granduncles; Robert Christian Eckhardt - grandnephew.
Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas, 1997.
- Memorial, May 2002, p. 470.
Texas Bar Journal.
- Biographical sketch, 86th Legislature. Relatives: Robert C. Eckhardt - father, Sarah Eckhardt - daughter.
Texas Senate.
Military Service Notes
Other Resources
- Wurzbach family group sheet includes Robert [C.] Eckhardt, "state legislator and U.S. Congressman from Houston, Harris Co., TX," son of Joe Eckhardt and Norma Wurzbach Eckhardt. Relatives: Robert J. Eckhardt - uncle; Robert Christian Eckhardt - nephew.
Descendants of Johann Jonathan Wurzbach, 2007.
- Wurzbach family group sheet. Relatives: Charles Louis Wurzbach - father; William A. Wurzbach - son. Relatives: William A. Wurzbach - uncle; Robert [Christian] Eckhardt - nephew.
Descendants of Johann Jonathan Wurzbach, 2007.
- Robert Christian Eckhardt (1913-2001), burial in Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Travis County. Includes photograph, biographical sketch.
Find a Grave.
- Relatives: Rudolph Kleberg - granduncle; Robert Christian "Bob" Eckhardt - grandnephew.
Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries.
Photographs
- Photograph.
Bob Eckhardt, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
Bob Eckhardt, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
Bob Eckhardt, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
Bob Eckhardt, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
Bob Eckhardt, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
Committee Information top
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