Frank Herman Frederic Burmeister

Full Name: Frank Herman Frederic Burmeister
Date of birth: December 19, 1856
Date of death: April 23, 1932

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	76	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Christine / Atascosa	Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen
H	80	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Christine / Atascosa	Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen
H	80	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917	34th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Tilden / McMullen	Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen
H	80	Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915	33rd	Democrat	Christine / Atascosa	Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen
H	91	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	Tilden / McMullen	Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala

(1) Pleasanton. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Christine. House Journal.
(3) Tilden, McMullen County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) McMullen County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(5) Christine. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 76
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Christine / Atascosa
Counties in district: Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen

House District 80
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Christine / Atascosa
Counties in district: Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen

House District 80
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917
Legislatures: 34th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tilden / McMullen
Counties in district: Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen

House District 80
Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Christine / Atascosa
Counties in district: Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen

House District 91
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tilden / McMullen
Counties in district: Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala

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Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., 9/1/1932, p. 37. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and portrait, Frank H. Burmeister, pp. 506-508. Born in 1856 in Berlin, Germany, married Sallie J. Russell, member of the Texas Legislature/rancher/lawyer. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918.

Other Resources

Frank Herman Frederic Burmeister, birth date 12/19/1856 in Germany, death date 4/23/1932 in Poteet, Atascosa. Buried in Cross, McMullen. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
"F.H. Burmeister, the 'Flying Dutchman from McMullen County' . . . ," 8/23/1922, p. 17. San Antonio Express.
"Judge Burmeister Buried," 4/29/1932, p. 5. "Judge Burmeister had been a citizen of McMullen County for more than fifty years." San Antonio Express.
"Texas Trails," 6/5/1930, p. 4, " . . . consider the case of the Hon. Frank Burmeister of McMullen county." San Antonio Light.
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.
Census of 1900 - Justice Precinct 1, McMullen County. Census of 1910, 1920, and 1930 - Justice Precinct 2, McMullen County. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930

Photographs

Photograph. F.H. Burmeister, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank H. Burmeister, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank H. Burmeister, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank H. Burmeister, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.H. Burmeister, 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.
33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south 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

38th R.S. - 1923 Constitutional Amendments Judiciary (Vice Chair) Live Stock and Stock Raising Oil, Gas and Mining Roads, Bridges and Ferries
37th R.S. - 1921 Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Public Lands and Buildings Senatorial Districts Stock and Stock Raising
34th R.S. - 1915 Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Examination of Comptroller's Accounts for Governor's Mansion Internal Improvements Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Buildings and Grounds (Vice Chair) Reforms in Civil Procedure
33rd R.S. - 1913 Constitutional Amendments Federal Relations Judiciary Liquor Traffic Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Buildings and Grounds Public Debt (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office Reforms in Criminal Procedure
24th R.S. - 1895 Counties and County Boundaries Irrigation Judiciary No. 2 Public Lands and Land Office

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