Ferdinand C. Weinert
{{Short description|American politician (1853–1939)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Ferdinand C. Weinert
| image=FC Weinert.jpg
| title= Texas Senate, District 21
Texas House, District 80, 91, 97
| term_start= 1893
| term_end= 1935
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| title2=Texas Secretary of State
| term_start2= June 1913
| term_end2= November 1914
| governor2= Oscar Branch Colquitt
| predecessor2= John L. Wortham
| successor2= D. A. Gregg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1853|7|14}}
| birth_place = New Braunfels, Texas, U.S.
| death_date={{death date and age|1939|02|19|1853|7|14}}
| death_place=Austin, Texas, U.S.
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| party= Democratic
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| spouse= Clara Bading
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| relatives = Rudolph A. Weinert {{small|(Son)}} Mayor Hilmar H. Weinert {{small|(Son)}} John Gesick, "WEINERT, HILMAR HERMAN," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwe73], accessed June 18, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Hilda Blumberg Weinert {{small|(Daughter in law)}} Crystal Sasse Ragsdale, "WEINERT, HILDA BLUMBERG," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwe14], accessed June 18, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Ferdinand C. Weinert (July 14, 1853 – February 19, 1939) was a merchant and politician from Seguin, Texas, who served in the Texas Legislature, four years in the Senate and four terms in the House, and well as serving as Secretary of State.
Early life and family
Ferdinand C. Weinert was born in New Braunfels, Texas, on July 14, 1853, raised in Guadalupe County, Texas and schooled in New Braunfels. He married Clara Bading, and had seven children, making his residence in Seguin and Austin, Texas.Claudia Hazlewood, "WEINERT, FERDINAND C.," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwe13], accessed June 18, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Career
Weinert worked in various mercantile businesses in New Braunfels, Austin, and San Antonio. He was elected justice of the peace in 1875. Then he became county commissioner and county judge of Guadalupe County. He served in the Texas House 1893-1895, 1903-1905, 1931-1935 and Texas Senate 1909-1913. Weinert was appointed Secretary of State June 1, 1913.
Weinert died on February 19, 1939, and was buried in the family cemetery in Seguin.[http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=2077 Legislative Reference Library of Texas]
Legacy
Weinert, Texas in Haskell County, Texas is named for Senator Ferdinand C. Weinert of Seguin, who led many Seguin citizens to settle there on a last fragment of the once open frontier."WEINERT, TX (HASKELL COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlw12], accessed June 18, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Weinert, Texas on FM 20, in Guadalupe County is named for the Weinert family.Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "WEINERT, TX (GUADALUPE COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrw45], accessed June 18, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. The Weinert House in Seguin is a restored residence of the Senator.{{Cite web |url=http://www.weinerthouseseguin.com/aboutus.html |title=Visit the Weinert House |access-date=2011-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325204514/http://www.weinerthouseseguin.com/aboutus.html |archive-date=2012-03-25 |url-status=dead}} F.C.Weinert Bridge, Weinert School and Weinert Street are also located in Seguin, Texas.
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| title= Texas State Senator
from District 21 (Seguin)
| years= 1909-1913}}
{{s-aft | rows=1 | after=James A. Harley }}
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| title=Secretary of State of Texas
| before= John L. Wortham
| after= D. A. Gregg
| years=1913-1914
}}
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References
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- Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas and Texans, 1914 (5 vols., ed. E. C. Barker and E. W. Winkler Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, reprint 1916)
- Frank Carter Adams, ed., Texas Democracy: A Centennial History of Politics and Personalities of the Democratic Party, 1836–1936 (4 vols., Austin: Democratic Historical Association, 1937)
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Category:People from Seguin, Texas
Category:Democratic Party Texas state senators
Category:Politicians from San Antonio
Category:People from New Braunfels, Texas
Category:Politicians from Austin, Texas
Category:Secretaries of state of Texas
Category:Businesspeople from Texas
Category:19th-century members of the Texas Legislature
Category:20th-century members of the Texas Legislature
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