Rudolph Kleberg

Rudolph Kleberg

Rudolph Kleberg (born June 26, 1847 in Cat Spring , Austin County , Texas , †  December 28, 1924 in Austin , Texas) was an American politician . Between 1896 and 1903 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Rudolph was the great uncle or uncle of Congressmen Robert C. Eckhardt and Richard M. Kleberg . He initially enjoyed a private school education. From 1864 he took part in the civil war as a soldier in a cavalry unit in the Confederation Army . After the war he attended Concrete College in DeWitt County until 1868 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1872, he began to work in this profession in Cuero . Between 1876 and 1890 Kleberg was a district attorney. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Texas Senate from 1882 to 1886 . In the meantime he also served as a federal attorney for the western district of his state.

After the death of MP William H. Crain , Kleberg was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , at the by-election due for the eleventh seat of Texas , where he took up his new mandate on April 7, 1896. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1903 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1902 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Rudolph Kleberg practiced as a lawyer in Austin. From 1905 he was an official court reporter at the Criminal Court of Appeal. He died in Austin on December 28, 1924.

Web links

• Rudolph Kleberg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Rudolph Kleberg in the database of Find a Grave (English)