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Walter Henry Mengden, Jr. (born October 25, 1926), is an attorney〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Walter H. Mengden, Jr. Lawyer Profile )〕 and oilman in Austin and Houston, Texas, who is a Republican former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Harris County. ==Early years== Mengden was the son of Walter Mengden, Sr. (1903–1986) and Eugenia Mengden (1905–1983) of Houston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 In 1938, the senior Mengdens purchased the Holley-Mengden House at 2240 Glen Haven Boulevard in Houston, now an historic site. There Mengden lived until adulthood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holley-Mengden House and Loggins-Hughes Building now historic landmarks, May 4, 2011 )〕 In 1950, Mengden received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, he obtained his L.L.B. and Juris Doctor law degrees from the University of Texas School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1954. He is Roman Catholic.〔 Mengden served in the United States Navy during World War II and the Army in the Korean War. He and his wife, the former June Shell (born 1933), have a daughter and three sons.〔Jim Davis of Harte-Hanks, "Senatorial Candidates Gear Up for Race", ''The Paris News'', Paris, Texas, April 25, 1982〕 After a single term in the Texas House in District 22-2 in 1971 and 1972, Mengden was elected in 1972 as the District 13 senator. He served from January 1973 to January 1983.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Walter Mengden )〕 District 13 had previously been based in the Waco and Temple area of Central Texas but was moved to Harris County with the 1971 redistricting. The district was further redistricted in the 1980s and is now majority African American and represented by the Democrat Rodney Ellis. In 1976, Mengden led a slate of delegates in Texas's 7th congressional district pledged to former Governor Ronald W. Reagan of California, who was challenging U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. Mengden defeated Robert Mosbacher of Houston, the leader of the Ford forces. Mengden polled 39,276 votes to Mosbacher's 26,344. Mosbacher was later a Cabinet officer in the administration of Reagan's vice president and successor, George Herbert Walker Bush. Mengden prevailed with 39,276 votes to Mosbacher's 26,344 votes. He was hence among the one hundred Texas delegates at Kansas City committed to Reagan.〔Texas Secretary of State, 1976 Republican presidential primary election returns, Austin, Texas〕〔Billy Hathorn, "Mayor Ernest Angelo, Jr., of Midland and the 96-0 Reagan Sweep of Texas, May 1, 1976," ''West Texas Historical Association Yearbook'' Vol. 86 (2010), p. 81〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Mengden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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