Jesse Green Burney

Full Name: Jesse Green Burney
Date of birth: May 10, 1864
Date of death: May 13, 1946

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	92	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899	25th ⁽¹⁾	Populist	Center Point / Kerr		Bandera, Kendall, Kerr
H	92	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Populist	Center Point / Kerr		Bandera, Kendall, Kerr

(1) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.
(2) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 92
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 25th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Populist
Home City/County: Center Point / Kerr
Counties in district: Bandera, Kendall, Kerr

House District 92
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Populist
Home City/County: Center Point / Kerr
Counties in district: Bandera, Kendall, Kerr

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Biographical Sketches

BURNEY, JESSE GREEN (1864–1946). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Burney family, pp. 294-302. Robert H. Burney, state senator and district judge (known as "Judge of the Hill Country"), born 10/22/1854 in McNairy County, Tennessee, died 4/2/1926. Jesse Burney, born 5/10/1864, served in Texas Legislature for four years, died in 1946. Burney pioneer family portrait. Relatives: Judge Robert H. Burney and Jesse G. Burney - brothers, both sons of Hance McCain Burney and Mary Tatum Burney (pp. 294-295). Kerr County, Texas, 1856-1976, 1975.
Biographical sketch, J.G. Burney, pp. 105-106. Born 5/10/1864 in Kerr County, married Mary Vann 8/12/1885, Populist. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

Obituary, Jesse Green Burney, 5/14/1946, p. 13. Austin Statesman.
Jesse Green Burney, birth date 5/10/1864 in Kerr County; death date 5/13/1946 in Austin, Travis County; former member of the state legislature. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Jesse Green Burney, birth date 5/10/1864, death date 5/13/1946, burial in Oakwood Cemetery Annex, Austin, with spouse Mary A. Vann Burney (1862-1950), marriage certificate of Jesse G. Burney and Mary A. Vann, 8/12/1885 in Kerr County. Find a Grave. Jesse Green Burney Mary A. Vann Burney
Mentioned in biographical sketch of nephew Henry Prather Burney, Volume V, p. 2634. Son of Judge and Mrs. H.M. Burney. "Hon. J.G. Burney, of Austin, a former member of the Legislature, the fourth son, is a merchant and farmer." A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Obituary, Jesse G. Burney, 5/16/1946, p. 10. Kerrville Mountain Sun.
Jesse Green Burney, pp. 293, 298, 304, 305, 315, and 375. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020.

Photographs

Photograph. J.G. Burney, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.G. Burney, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

25th R.S. - 1897 Contingent Expenses Irrigation Privileges and Elections State Asylums at Austin, Special Stock and Stockraising Superintendent of Public Buildings Department, Special
24th R.S. - 1895 Public Lands and Land Office State Affairs

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