Arlene Wohlgemuth Explained

Arlene Reid Wohlgemuth
State House:Texas
District:58th
Term Start:1995
Term End:2005
Preceded:Bernard Erickson
Succeeded:Rob Orr
Birth Date:16 July 1947
Birth Place:Midland, Texas, U.S.
Residence:Burleson, Johnson County, Texas
Spouse:Mikeal Wohlgemuth
Children:2
Alma Mater:Texas Tech University (1965–1967)
Occupation:Executive director of Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin

Arlene Reid Wohlgemuth (born July 16, 1947) is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 58 in Johnson and Bosque counties south of Fort Worth, Texas.

Wohlgemuth served in the Seventy-fourth through Seventy-eighth Texas Legislatures. In 1997, she became involved in what was called the "Memorial Day Massacre." She raised a point of order that killed fifty-two proposed bills by preventing them from coming up for a vote before the end of the legislative session. Wohlgemuth was angry that opposition legislators had used a similar procedure the week before to prevent a vote on a proposal supported by Wohlgemuth to require parental notification if a minor procures an abortion.[1]

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  1. News: Abilene-Reporter News . Lawmaker does cause no good with 'massacre' . . 1997-05-29 . 2006-06-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051115082837/http://www.texnews.com/opinion97/arnlege052997.html . 2005-11-15 .