Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Howell Burnett

Full Name: John Howell Burnett
Birth date: July 8, 1830
Death date: June 24, 1901

Terms of Service

Senate, 9th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
11/4/1861 - 1/14/1862
House, 7th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859

(1) Leroy Cooper, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded John H. Burnett, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the short term" (two years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(5) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Other Resources

Col. John H. Burnett, birth date 7/8/1830, death date 6/24/1901, biographical sketch, portrait of Col. John Howell Burnett, burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston. Find a Grave .
"Col. John H. Burnett's Speech," synopsis of speech before the convention of the people of Crockett, 9/17/1871. p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
BURNETT, JOHN H. (1830-1901). Handbook of Texas Online .
Georgia Mounted Volunteers, Lieutenant, Mexican War. Colonel, Georgia Militia. Confederate States Army, 13th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait, J.H. Burnett, pp. 335-336. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
Biographical sketch of Hon. James R. Burnett of Houston County, included in "Sketches of the Convention," The Free Man's Press (Austin, Texas), 8/1/1868, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Relatives: James R. Burnett and Col. John H. Burnett - brothers. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, Colonel, 13th Texas Cavalry. John Howell Burnett, birth date 7/8/1830, death date 6/24/1901. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Biographical sketch and resignation of John H. Burnett of Crockett in February 1862 to command the 13th Texas Cavalry; biographical sketch of Anderson F. Crawford, who also resigned to become Burnett's colonel, p. 6. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.