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Eligio de la Garza
Full Name: Eligio "Kika" de la Garza II
Birth date: September 22, 1927
Death date: March 13, 2017
Terms of Service
House, 58th Legislature
1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
Democrat
House, 57th Legislature
1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
Democrat
House, 56th Legislature
1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
Democrat
House, 55th Legislature
1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
Democrat
House, 54th Legislature
1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
Democrat
House, 53rd Legislature
1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Selected Newspaper articles
Resolutions and Journal entries
53rd Legislature, R.S., HSR 337.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary
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72nd Legislature, R.S., HR 416.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary
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Photographs
Photograph.
Eligio de la Garza,
Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph.
Eligio de la Garza,
State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Eligio de la Garza,
State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Eligio de la Garza,
State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Eligio de la Garza,
State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Eligio de la Garza,
State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Eligio de la Garza,
State Preservation Board
Other Resources
de la GARZA, Eligio, II (Kika) (1927- ). Representative, TX.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present
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Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate.
Handbook of Texas Online
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"Ex-lawmaker hospitalized after McAllen car crash," 9/18/2008.
Houston Chronicle
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Notice of death, 3/13/2017.
Speaker of the House
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Biographical sketch included in
Tejano Struggle for Representation
2004.
"De la Garza won't resign if called up," 1/19/1991. Relatives: Eligio De La Garza - Uncle; Eddie De La Garza - Nephew.
Valley Morning Star
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Committee Information
58th R.S. - 1963
Conservation and Reclamation
(Chair)
Counties
Interstate Cooperation
(Vice Chair)
Oil, Gas, and Mining
Revenue and Taxation
57th R.S. - 1961
Aeronautics
Border Conference
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Public Lands and Buildings
State Hospitals and Special Schools
56th R.S. - 1959
Common Carriers
Federal Relations
Municipal and Private Corporations
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Speaker Election Practices, Special
State Hospitals and Special Schools
55th R.S. - 1957
Federal Relations
(Chair)
Judiciary
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Revenue and Taxation
State Hospitals and Special Schools
54th R.S. - 1955
Common Carriers
(Chair)
Judiciary
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Public Printing
State Hospitals and Special Schools
53rd R.S. - 1953
Common Carriers
Judiciary
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Representation Before the Legislature
State Hospitals and Special Schools
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