Frank Corte, Jr.
| Frank Julius Corte, Jr. | |
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| Texas State Representative for District 123 (Bexar County) |
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In office 1993–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Wentworth |
| Succeeded by | Mike Villarreal |
| Texas State Representative for District 122 (Bexar County) |
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In office 2003–2011 |
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| Preceded by | John H. Shields |
| Succeeded by | Lyle Larson |
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| Born | August 10, 1959 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie Ann Ryder Corte |
| Children | Three children |
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San Antonio, Bexar County Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | Army War College |
| Occupation | Real estate businessman |
| Religion | Baptist |
Frank Julius Corte, Jr. (born August 10, 1959), is a real estate businessman in San Antonio, Texas, who served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bexar County between 1993 and 2011.
Corte is the son of Frank Corte, Sr. (born c. 1930), and the former Rose Dean (born c. 1933) of San Antonio. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in building construction from Texas A&M University in College Station. He has been a cubmaster for the Boy Scouts of America. Corte is a Sunday school teacher and a deacon at the University Baptist Church in San Antonio.
Corte is employed in the property-management and land-development business.
In 1982, Corte was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and served three years on active duty. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in the Gulf War of 1991. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Corte was recalled to duty and sent to Egypt. In 2002, he graduated from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A colonel in the United States Marine Corps, Corte served in the Iraq War for more than six months. He was awarded the Bronze Star. While he was away twice on military deployments, Corte designated his wife, the former Valerie Ann Ryder (born 1967), the mother of their three children, as his stand-in for his legislative duties, a procedure allowed in Texas. Valerie is one of four daughters of the former Mary Louise Wilson (born 1940) and Gene Ed Ryder (born 1932), a native of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, who was reared in Seymour in Baylor County, and was a training administrator for the United States Air Force until his retirement in 1995. Corte's father-in-law Gene Ryder was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee from 1994 to 2000 and a George W. Bush delegate to the 2000 and 2004 Republican National Conventions.
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