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Robert C. Eckhardt
Full Name: Robert Christian "Bob" Eckhardt
Date of birth: July 16, 1913
Date of death: November 13, 2001
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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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
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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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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67th Legislature, R.S., HCR 50.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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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.
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United States Army, World War II, 1942-1944.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
United States Air Force. Memorial, May 2002, p. 470.
Texas Bar Journal.
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| Other Resources |
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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.
Photo, birth and death dates. burial Austin Memorial Park, Austin, TX.
Find a Grave.
Relatives: Rudolph Kleberg - granduncle; Robert Christian "Bob" Eckhardt - grandnephew.
Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries.
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| Photographs |
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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
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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