Henry B. Gonzalez

A Representative from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. , May 3, 1916. Attended the University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Graduated from San Antonio College, San Antonio, Tex. , 1935. Graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Tex. , 1943. Business consultant. Chief probation officer of Bexar County, Tex. , 1945-1947. Member of the San Antonio, Tex. , city council, 1953-1956. Member of the Texas state senate, 1956-1961. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Paul J. Kilday and reelected to the eighteen succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1961-January 3, 1999). Chairman, Select Committee on Assassinations (Ninety-fifth Congress), Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998. Died in San Antonio, Tex. , on November 28, 2000. Interment at San Fernando Cemetery II, San Antonio, Tex.