Charlie gonzalez biography
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Charlie Gonzalez
American politician (born 1945)
Charles Augustine González (born May 5, 1945) is an American Democratic politician from Texas. He represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2013. He served as Chairman of Latinos for Obama and National Co-Chair of President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
Early life, education, and legal career
[edit]González was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Bertha Marie (née Cuellar) and Henry B. González, who represented the 20th from 1961 until his son took over in 1999. His parents, of Mexican descent, were both Texas-born.[1] Charlie graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School. He received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1969, and then later earned his Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University in San Antonio in 1972. As a youth, he was a Boy Scout in Troop 90 of San Antonio.[2] His father was the S
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GONZALEZ, Charles A.
As a former judge, Charles Gonzalez had a unique, straight-forward way of finding common ground in the U.S. House of Representatives. “I’m not for pomp and circumstance,” he said in 2001. “Let’s get into the nitty-gritty and discuss our differences.”1
Charles A. Gonzalez was born the third of eight children on May 5, 1945, in San Antonio, Texas, to Henry B. and Bertha González. As a child, he attended Catholic parochial schools while his father served in the San Antonio City Council and then in the state senate. When Charlie Gonzalez was in high school, his father became the first Mexican American from Texas elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. (He is the longest-serving Hispanic American in congressional history, 1961–1999.) With his father in Washington, the younger Gonzalez remained in San Antonio, and after graduating from Thomas A. Edison High School, he attended the University of Texas, Austin, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in governm
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AKA Charles A. Gonzalez
Born:5-May-1945
Birthplace:San Antonio, TX
Gender: Male
Religion:Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congressman from Texas, 1999-2013
Military service: Texas Air National Guard (1969-75)
Attorney and Texas state judge elected to US Congress in 1998, succeeding his father, long-time US Representative Henry B. Gonzalez. Moderate Democrat; generally pro-abortion rights, pro-gay rights. Supported 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, 2008 GM/Chrysler bailout, 2008 Wall Street bailout, 2009 economic stimulus, 2010 health care reform; opposed 2002 Iraq War resolution.
His ex-wife, Becky Whetstone, ran against Gonzales as an independent candidate in 2002 and 2004.
Father:Henry B. Gonzalez (US Congressman, b. 1916, d. 2000)
Mother: Bertha Gonzalez
Wife: Becky Whetstone (m. 1998, div. 2002, one