Henry B. Gonzalez - Timeline
| Early Life and Entry into Politics | |
| 1916 | May 3 Born in San Antonio, Texas |
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| 1935 | Graduated from Jefferson High School, San Antonio |
| 1940 | Married Bertha Cuellar |
| 1942 | Worked as a civilian cable and radio censor/translator for military and naval intelligence during WWII |
| 1943 | Graduated from St. Mary's University Law School |
| 1944 | Assistant Juvenile Probation Officer |
| 1946 | Named Chief Juvenile Probation Officer |
| 1950 | First campaign for San Antonio City Council |
| 1953 | Elected to San Antonio City Council, serving as mayor protem for a portion of his first term |
| 1956 | Elected to Texas State Senate |
| 1957 | May With Senator Abraham Kazan, held longest filibuster in history of Texas Senate at 36 hours, defeating 8 of 10 proposed school segregation bills |
| 1958 | Campaigned for Governor of Texas |
| 1960 | Named national co-chair for Viva Kennedy campaign |
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| 1961 | Elected to U.S. House of Representatives in special election due to resignation of Paul Kilday, beginning 37 years in Congress |
| Assigned to serve on Committee of Banking and Currency | |
| 1963 | Gained national attention for voting against additional appropriations for the House Committee on Un-American Activities |
| 1964 | Supported Civil Rights Act of 1964, Housing Act of 1964,and Equal Opportunities Act of 1964, and the end of the bracero program |
| April Attended Inter-American Development Bank Board of Directors conference in Panama, the first of six times |
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| Hemisfair '68 and the Expansion of the 70s | |
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| 1971 | Elected chairman of the Subcommittee on International Development, Institutions, and Finance, a position he held for ten years |
| 1975–1976 | Served on House Small Business Committee |
| 1977 | Elected chairman of House Select Committee on Assassinations, investigating the deaths of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Committee on Banking and Currency renamed the Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee | |
| 1981 | Elected chairman of Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development |
| Gonzalez and the Financial Crises of the 1980s | |
| 1983–1988 | Collapse of nation's savings and loan industry |
| 1986 | Commemorative medal struck for 25th Anniversary of congressional service |
| 1987 | December 18 San Antonio Convention Center, located on the grounds of "HemisFair '68" renamed Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center |
| 1989 | Elected Chairman of Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, serving in this position until 1994 |
| Authored financial bailout legislation | |
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| 1991 | Led restructuring of federal deposit insurance system |
| 1992 | Conducted "Iraqgate" investigation of U.S. government loans to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein |
| 1993–1996 | Participated in "Whitewater scandal" investigation |
| 1997 | October 30 Portrait sponsored by the Banking Committee unveiled |
| Gonzalez Retires from Public Service | |
| 1998 | Retired from congressional service, succeeded by son, Charles, who has been subsequently re-elected |
| 2000 | November 28 Died in San Antonio, Texas |
| December 3 Burial Mass and internment services in San Antonio, Texas |
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