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  Eckhardt, Robert C.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameRobert C. Eckhardt
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Houston, Texas , United States
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Born July 16, 1913
Died November 13, 2001 (88 years)
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Feb 22, 2022 07:18pm
Tags Air Force - Army - Presbyterian -
InfoECKHARDT, Robert Christian, (grandnephew of Rudolph Kleberg, nephew of Harry McLeary Wurzbach, cousin of Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr.), a Representative from Texas; born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., July 16, 1913; B.A., University of Texas, 1935; LL.B., University of Texas, 1939; United States Army, 1942-1944; Southwestern Director of Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1944-1945; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 1958-1966; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; died on November 13, 2001, in Austin, Tex.; interment in Austin Memorial Cemetery, Austin, Tex.

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  11/04/1980 TX District 8 Lost 48.25% (-3.51%)
  05/03/1980 TX District 8 - D Primary Won 57.21% (+14.42%)
  11/07/1978 TX District 8 Won 61.51% (+23.02%)
  05/06/1978 TX District 8 - D Primary Won 53.56% (+7.13%)
  11/02/1976 TX District 8 Won 60.65% (+21.44%)
  05/01/1976 TX District 8 - D Primary Won 81.37% (+62.74%)
  11/05/1974 TX District 8 Won 72.21% (+44.42%)
  05/04/1974 TX District 8 - D Primary Won 76.84% (+53.68%)
  11/07/1972 TX District 8 Won 64.58% (+29.90%)
  05/06/1972 TX District 8 - D Primary Won 77.10% (+54.20%)
  11/03/1970 TX District 8 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/02/1970 TX District 8 - D Primary Won 76.89% (+53.79%)
  11/05/1968 TX District 8 Won 70.55% (+41.11%)
  11/08/1966 TX District 8 Won 92.31% (+84.62%)
  05/07/1966 TX District 8 - D Primary Won 53.28% (+28.75%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 R Nelson A. Rockefeller
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 06, 1973 NPA Reject
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