Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Gordon Milton Burns

Full Name: Gordon Milton Burns
Birth date: June 12, 1903
Death date: July 31, 1951

Terms of Service

Senate, 46th ⁽⁵⁾ & 45th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1937 - 1/14/1941
Democrat
Senate, 44th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
Democrat
House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/4/1935
Democrat
House, 42nd Legislature
1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
Democrat

(1) Attorney at law. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .
(2) In Senate, Gordon Burns, in special election 12/22/1934, sworn 1/8/1935, succeeded to unexpired term of Nat Patton of the 43rd Legislature, resigned 11/11/1934. In House, Andrew T. McKinney, Jr., in special election 1/26/1935, sworn 1/30/1935, succeeded Gordon M. Burns, resigned 1/4/1935. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 45th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(5) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Report of House Committee on Alleged Assault on Representative Burns, Investigate, Special - 43rd R.S. (1933). House Journal .
53rd Legislature, R.S., SR 233. Birth date 6/12/1903, death date 7/31/1951. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Gordon M. Burns, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gordon M. Burns, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gordon M. Burns, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gordon M. Burns, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Gordon M. Burns, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Gordon Milton Burns, birth date 6/12/1903 in Jackson County, death date 7/31/1951 in Huntsville, Walker County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Gordon M. Burns, birth date 6/12/1904, death date 7/31/1951, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County. Find a Grave .
Memorial, November 1951, p. 657. Birth date 6/12/1904, death date 7/31/1951. Texas Bar Journal .