Jesse Green Burney
Full Name: Jesse Green Burney
Date of birth: May 10, 1864
Date of death: May 13, 1946
Terms of Service top
Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
H
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92
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Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
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25th
(1)
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Populist
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Center Point / Kerr
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Bandera, Kendall, Kerr
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H
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92
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Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
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24th
(2)
(3)
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Populist
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Center Point / Kerr
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Bandera, Kendall, Kerr
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(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," Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Biographical Sketches
- Obituary, Jesse Green Burney, 5/14/1946, p. 13.
Austin Statesman.
- 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.
- Obituary, Jesse G. Burney, 5/16/1946, p. 10.
Kerrville Mountain Sun.
- 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
- 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
- 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
Committee Information top
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