Henry Stollenwerck Explained

Henry Stollenwerck
Term Start:	January 8, 1963
Term End:	January 12, 1965
Birth Name:	Logan Henry Stollenwerck, Jr.
Birth Date:	December 6, 1930
Death Date:	^[1]
Party:	Republican
Father:	Logan Stollenwerck^[2]
District:	51-8
State House:	Texas
Successor:	Dick McKissack
Predecessor:	District established

Henry Logan Stollenwerck, Jr. (December 6, 1930 – March 2, 2021) was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives^[3] in the 58th Texas Legislature from January 1963 to January 1965. He is best known, during his legislative tenure, for having proposed the ratification of the Corwin Amendment, more than a century after Congress passed it in 1861.^[4]

During the 1964 Texas gubernatorial election he attempted to convince state Representative Horace Houston to run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but he chose to be the nominee for lieutenant governor and was selected as governor instead.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=940 Texas legislators Past and Present-Henry Stollenwerck
2. News: Logan Henry Stollenwerck, Jr.'s father . 30 May 1963 . The Irving Daily News Texan . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205061632/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40104632/the_irving_daily_news_texan/ . 5 December 2019 . live . 1 . Newspapers.com.
3. News: New from State Capitol. Sanford. Vern. 22 February 1963. Malakoff News. 22 October 2010. Malakoff, Texas.
4. http://www.progress.org/archive/texas-35-years-ago Slavery; Just a "Detail"?
5. News: Houston May Seek Office Of Governor . 7 September 1963 . Tyler Morning Telegraph . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205061948/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40104669/tyler_morning_telegraph/ . 5 December 2019 . live . 14 . Newspapers.com.
6. News: Six Won Seats . 1 November 1964 . Tyler Morning Telegraph . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205062306/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40104786/valley_morning_star/ . 5 December 2019 . live . 3 . Newspapers.com.