Nathaniel Macon Burford
Full Name: Nathaniel Macon "Nat" BurfordDate of birth: June 24, 1824
Date of death: May 10, 1898
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 44 | Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (1) (2) | Dallas / Dallas | Speaker | Dallas |
(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) "Burford was a Democrat." Handbook of Texas Online.
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House District 44
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) Speaker Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas Counties in district: Dallas |
(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) "Burford was a Democrat." Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989.
- Biographical sketch, Judge Nathaniel M. (Macon) Burford, pp. 130-131. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
- Obituary, "An Old Settler Gone: Something of the Life of Judge Nat M. Burford, Who Died Tuesday," 5/12/1898, p. 8. Dallas Morning News.
- Biographical sketch, Judge Nat. M. Burford, pp. 52-53. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- BURFORD, NATHANIEL MACON (1824-1898). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Obituary, "An Old Settler Gone: Something of the Life of Judge Nat M. Burford, Who Died Tuesday," Dallas News, 12th, reprinted in The Houston Daily Post, 5/16/1898, p. 10. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- 19th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel Macon Burford. Portrait and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, 19th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Nathaniel Macon Burford. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 26, 118, Plate No. 47. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Other Resources
- Nat M. Burford, birth date 6/24/1824 in Smith County, Tennessee; death date 5/10/1893 in Dallas; burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, with wife Mary Knight Burford. Find a Grave.
- Judge Nathaniel M. Burford of the Dallas and Ellis district presided over the first district court of Parker County in 1856, "The First Court," pp. 19-21. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas, 1877.
Photographs
- Photograph. N.M. Burford, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Nathaniel Macon Burford, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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