Henry B. Gonzalez
| Henry B. Gonzalez | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 20th district |
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In office November 4, 1961 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Paul J. Kilday |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Gonzalez |
| Member of the Texas State Senate | |
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In office 1957–1961 |
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| Born |
Enrique Barbosa González May 3, 1916 San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| Died | November 28, 2000 (aged 84) San Antonio, Texas |
| Resting place |
San Fernando Cemetery 2 San Antonio, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bertha Cuellar Gonzáles (married 1940) |
| Children |
Eight children, including: |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
San Fernando Cemetery 2
Eight children, including:
Henry Barbosa González (born Enrique Barbosa González; May 3, 1916 – November 28, 2000) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999.
González was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican-born parents Genoveva (née Barbosa) and Leonides Gonzalez (from Mapimi, Durango), who had immigrated during the Mexican Revolution. After he received an associate's degree from San Antonio College, he earned his undergraduate credentials from the University of Texas at Austin. Later, he received a Juris Doctorate from St. Mary's University School of Law, also in San Antonio. Upon graduation, he became a probation officer, and was quickly promoted to the chief office of Bexar County, Texas. In 1950, he was scoutmaster of Troop 90 in San Antonio, of which his son was a member.
González served on the San Antonio City Council from 1953 to 1956, when he was elected to the Texas Senate, having defeated the Republican candidate, Jesse Oppenheimer. In 1960, he defeated another Republican, Ika "Ike" Simpson Kampmann, Jr. (1918-2006), to hold his state Senate seat. He remained in the Senate until 1961 and set the filibuster record in the chamber at the time by speaking for thirty-six straight hours against a set of bills on segregation. Most of the bills were abandoned (eight out of ten). He ran for governor in 1958 and finished second in the Democratic primary (the real contest for governor in what was then a solidly Democratic state) to Price Daniel. In May 1961, González ran in the special election for the Senate seat that Lyndon B. Johnson vacated to become U.S. Vice President. he finished in sixth place in part because he split the liberal and Hispanic vote with Maury Maverick, Jr., of San Antonio.
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