Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	22-2	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris
H	22-2	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris
H	22-2	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris
H	22-2	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Houston / Harris	Harris

(1) Sworn 11/16/1962. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

67th Legislature, R.S., HCR 50. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

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

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.

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

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.

Committee Information top

59th R.S. - 1965 Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Houston Legal Aid Foundation Military and Veterans' Affairs Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
58th R.S. - 1963 Constitutional Amendments Engrossed Bills Military and Veterans' Affairs Revenue and Taxation
57th R.S. - 1961 Beach Development Conservation and Reclamation Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) Election Law (Vice Chair) Federal Relations Labor Revenue and Taxation
56th R.S. - 1959 Conservation and Reclamation Constitutional Amendments Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Labor Public Lands and Buildings

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