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Robert Henry Burney Full Name: Robert Henry Burney Date of birth: October 22, 1854 Date of death: April 2, 1926 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 28 Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 22nd (1) (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Kerrville / Kerr Senate President Pro Tempore (22nd)   Bandera, Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green S 28 Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891 20th (7) (8)   21st (5) (6)   Democrat Kerrville / Kerr   Bandera, Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green (1) 22nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/12/1892, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (3) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (4) 22nd Legislature - 1/14/1891, p. 5. Seats formerly occupied by Townsend, Kimbrough & Burney were reserved for them, seat formerly occupied by his predecessor was reserved for Carter, those Sens. being absent. Kimbrough indefinitely excused. Senate Journal. (5) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (6) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (7) Robert Henry Burney, Kerrville. Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (8) 20th Legislature - Listed as new member in roll call, 1/11/1887, p. 1: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following Senators had the oath of office administered them by the Lieutenant Governor, to-wit:.." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches 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, Robert Henry Burney, pp. 64-66. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887. Biographical sketch, Robert Henry Burney, pp. 156-160. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Portrait and biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Other Resources Robert Henry Burney, birth date 10/22/1854, death date 4/2/1926 in Uvalde. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Robert H. Burney, grave marker photo, interment in Glen Rest Cemetery, Kerrville, Kerr County. Find a Grave. BURNEY, ROBERT HANCE (1854-1926). "He was elected state senator as a Democrat from the Twenty-eighth District in 1886 and reelected in 1890." Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. R.H.Burney, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.H. Burney, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.H. Burney, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 22nd R.S. - 1891 Frontier Protection   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   Mining and Irrigation   Public Health   Public Lands   Public Printing   State Asylums (Chair)  21st R.S. - 1889 Alamo Monument   Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Education (Chair)  Frontier Protection   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Judiciary No. 2   Mining, Geology and Irrigation   Public Health   Public Lands   Public Printing   Rules   State Institutions of Learning   20th R.S. - 1887 Comptroller's Office, Examine (Chair)  Education   Frontier Protection   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   New Capitol Construction, Examine   New Capitol, Grounds and Cost of Furnishing   Proposition by T.H. Wheless, Stenographic Report of the Proceedings of the Legislature (Co-Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health   Public Lands   Public Printing (Chair)

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