Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Jesse Green Burney

Full Name: Jesse Green Burney
Birth date: May 10, 1864
Death date: May 13, 1946

Terms of Service

House, 25th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
Populist
House, 24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Populist

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.G. Burney, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.G. Burney, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Mentioned in biographical sketch of nephew Henry Prather Burney, Volume V, p. 2634. Son of Judge and Mrs. H.M. Burney. "Hon. J.G. Burney, of Austin, a former member of the Legislature, the fourth son, is a merchant and farmer." A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Obituary, Jesse Green Burney, 5/14/1946, p. 13. Austin Statesman .
Jesse Green Burney, birth date 5/10/1864 in Kerr County; death date 5/13/1946 in Austin, Travis County; former member of the state legislature. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
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
BURNEY, JESSE GREEN (1864–1946). Handbook of Texas Online .
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.
Jesse Green Burney, pp. 293, 298, 304, 305, 315, and 375. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism 2020.