Harry McLeary Wurzbach was the first Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 since Reconstruction to represent Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 for more than two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Robert B. Hawley

Robert B. Hawley

Robert Bradley Hawley was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Hawley attended the public schools and the Christian Brothers' College in Memphis...

 had previously served as a Republican for a Galveston based congressional district from 1897-1901. He held Texas's 14th congressional district

Texas's 14th congressional district

Texas's 14th district for the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that covers the area south and southwest of the Greater Houston region, including Galveston, in the state of Texas. The district was created as a result of the 1900 U.S. Census and was first contested...

 seat from 1921–1929 and from 1930–1931.
Wurzbach was born in San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...

 to Charles Louis Wurzbach and the former Kate Fink.