Alvin J. Wirtz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlvin J. Wirtz
American politician
Date of Birth: 22-May-1888
Place of Birth: Columbus, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 27-Oct-1952
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Alvin J. Wirtz
- Alvin Jacob Wirtz (May 22, 1888 – October 27, 1951) was a lawyer, politician, and undersecretary to the Department of the Interior, and was born in Columbus, Texas to Lewis Milton and Dora (Dent) Wirtz.
- He attended Columbus, Texas public schools and graduated from the University of Texas in 1910 with an LL.B.
- He married Kitty Mae Stamps of Seguin in 1913.
- In 1917 Wirtz and his family moved to Seguin, Texas where he practiced law until 1934.
- Wirtz served as the Guadalupe County State Senator from 1922 to 1930.
- He served as the President Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate from 1925 to 1927.
- During his time in Seguin, Wirtz became involved in a group of citizens interested in developing the Guadalupe River as a source of Hydroelectric power.
- Wirtz provided legal assistance to the Insull holding company Emery, Peck, and Rockwood as they built a chain of privately owned dams and hydroelectric projects on the Guadalupe River.
- In 1932 Wirtz was assisting the Emery, Peck, and Rockwood in a similar project on the Colorado River when the Insull empire collapsed.
- As a result, Wirtz was made receiver of the uncompleted Hamilton Dam.
- To complete the dam, Wirtz promoted the creation of the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA).
- He wrote the state legislation that created the Authority, pushed for federal funding for the Authority's dams through the federal Public Works Administration along with James P.
- Buchanan and Lyndon B Johnson.
- As the "father of the LCRA," Wirtz helped create a program to fund an uncompleted dam on the Colorado River which would eventually become the Mansfield Dam.
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