Harry M. Wurzbach
| Harry McLeary Wurzbach | |
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| U.S. Representative from Texas's 14th congressional district | |
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In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929 |
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| Preceded by | Carlos Bee |
| Succeeded by | Augustus McCloskey |
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In office February 10, 1930 – November 6, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Augustus McCloskey |
| Succeeded by | Richard M. Kleberg |
| County Judge of Guadalupe County, Texas | |
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In office 1904–1910 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 19, 1874 San Antonio, Bexar County Texas, USA |
| Died | November 6, 1931 (aged 57) San Antonio, Texas |
| Resting place | San Antonio National Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Darden Wagner Wurzbach |
| Relations | Nephew Bob Eckhardt |
| Residence |
(1) Seguin, Guadalupe County |
| Alma mater | Washington and Lee University School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1896–98 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | Company F, First Regiment, Texas Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
(1) Seguin, Guadalupe County
Harry McLeary Wurzbach (May 19, 1874 – November 6, 1931) was an attorney and politician. He was the first Republican elected from Texas since Reconstruction to be elected for more than two terms and was re-elected to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth congresses, representing Texas's 14th congressional district for several terms, from 1921 to 1929. He was re-elected in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and died in office. The first Republican elected from Texas who was born in the state, he was the only Republican from Texas serving in Congress during this period.
Wurzbach was born in San Antonio to Charles Louis Wurzbach and the former Kate Fink, who were ethnic Germans, descendants of immigrants. He attended public schools. He went to Virginia for college, graduating in 1896 from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington. That same year, he was admitted to the Texas bar and established his practice in San Antonio.
After starting his law practice, Wurzbach married Frances Darden Wagner of Columbus, Texas, in the Episcopal Church there.
During the Spanish–American War (1896–98), Wurzbach volunteered as a private in Company F, First Regiment, Texas Volunteer Infantry. The unit served three months in the army of occupation in Cuba.
After the war, in 1900 Wurzbach and his wife relocated to Seguin in Guadalupe County, where he continued his law practice.
Guadalupe County had a high proportion of people of ethnic German ancestry, many of whom were immigrants or their descendants from after the revolutions of 1848 in the German states. Historically many, and perhaps most, of the German immigrants who settled in Central Texas before the American Civil War had opposed slavery and quietly favored the Union.
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