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After the war, he relocated to Seguin in Guadalupe County east of San Antonio and resumed his law practice. He was the Guadalupe County prosecuting attorney from 1900 to 1902 and the county judge from 1904–1910.<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5640/harry-mcleary-wurzbach Harry McLeary Wurzbach (1874-1931)] - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed August 18, 2021.</ref>
After the war, he relocated to Seguin in Guadalupe County east of San Antonio and resumed his law practice. He was the Guadalupe County prosecuting attorney from 1900 to 1902 and the county judge from 1904–1910.<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5640/harry-mcleary-wurzbach Harry McLeary Wurzbach (1874-1931)] - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed August 18, 2021.</ref>
First elected to Congress in the 1920 [[general election]], Wurzbach unseated the freshman [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] representative Carlos Bee (1867–1932) of San Antonio, 17,265 (55.6 percent) to 13,777 (44.4 percent).<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267161 TX District 14 Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> Wurzbach was the only representative from Texas to vote for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill of 1922,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h169 TO PASS H. R. 13.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> sponsored by conservative Republican Congressman [[Leonidas C. Dyer]] of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], who was repulsed by racial violence and sought to make lynching a federal crime.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (July 1, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/07/01/on-ideology-and-anti-lynching-legislation/ On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> Although it passed the House, the Dyer bill was killed in the Senate by a Democrat filibuster.
First elected to Congress in the 1920 [[general election]], Wurzbach unseated the freshman [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] representative Carlos Bee (1867–1932) of San Antonio, 17,265 (55.6 percent) to 13,777 (44.4 percent).<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267161 TX District 14 Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> Wurzbach was the only representative from Texas to vote for the [[Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill]] of 1922,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h169 TO PASS H. R. 13.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> sponsored by conservative Republican Congressman [[Leonidas C. Dyer]] of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], who was repulsed by racial violence and sought to make lynching a federal crime.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (July 1, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/07/01/on-ideology-and-anti-lynching-legislation/ On Ideology and Anti-Lynching Legislation]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> Although it passed the House, the Dyer bill was killed in the Senate by a Democrat filibuster.
During the same 67th Congress (1921–23), Wurzbach held a moderately [[conservative]] voting record which contrasted sharply with the liberalism of his racist Democrat colleagues.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/67th-congress.pdf 67th-congress.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> This included his affirmative votes for the Fordney-McCumber bill which raised [[tariff]]s<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-1/h69 TO PASS H. R. 7456. (P.4198-1).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> and the Revenue Act which cut the top income tax rate,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-1/h94 TO PASS H. R. 8245. (P.5356-2).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> as well as opposition towards increasing the [[inheritance tax]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-1/h133 TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE H. R. 8245 (42 STAT. 227, APP. 11/23/21), A BILL TO REDUCE AND EQUALIZE TAXATION AND TO AMEND THE REVENUE ACT OF 1918, WITH INSTRUC- TIONS TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 582. (P.8085-1).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/1921-23-mc-index-descriptions-1.pdf 67th House (1921-23) Votes]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> However, he broke from his party on some local issues, such as supporting and voting for government control of the Muscle Shoals,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h260 TO AMEND A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 10871, BY ELIMINATING FROM THE SENATE AMENDMENT THE CLAUSE MAKING IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR CONTINUING WORK ON DAM NO. 2 AT MUSCLE SHOALS ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER, AND MAKING THEIR AVAILABILITY CONTINGENT ON CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON H. R. 11903, AU- THORIZING THE SALE OF CERTAIN WORKS ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER TO HENRY FORD. (P.9329-2).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> a measure considered a forerunner to the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]].
During the same 67th Congress (1921–23), Wurzbach held a moderately [[conservative]] voting record which contrasted sharply with the liberalism of his racist Democrat colleagues.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/67th-congress.pdf 67th-congress.pdf]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> This included his affirmative votes for the Fordney-McCumber bill which raised [[tariff]]s<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-1/h69 TO PASS H. R. 7456. (P.4198-1).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> and the Revenue Act which cut the top income tax rate,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-1/h94 TO PASS H. R. 8245. (P.5356-2).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> as well as opposition towards increasing the [[inheritance tax]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-1/h133 TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE H. R. 8245 (42 STAT. 227, APP. 11/23/21), A BILL TO REDUCE AND EQUALIZE TAXATION AND TO AMEND THE REVENUE ACT OF 1918, WITH INSTRUC- TIONS TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 582. (P.8085-1).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/1921-23-mc-index-descriptions-1.pdf 67th House (1921-23) Votes]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> However, he broke from his party on some local issues, such as supporting and voting for government control of the Muscle Shoals,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/67-2/h260 TO AMEND A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 10871, BY ELIMINATING FROM THE SENATE AMENDMENT THE CLAUSE MAKING IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR CONTINUING WORK ON DAM NO. 2 AT MUSCLE SHOALS ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER, AND MAKING THEIR AVAILABILITY CONTINGENT ON CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON H. R. 11903, AU- THORIZING THE SALE OF CERTAIN WORKS ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER TO HENRY FORD. (P.9329-2).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 18, 2021.</ref> a measure considered a forerunner to the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]].