Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James M. Burroughs

Full Name: James M. Burroughs
Birth date: 1824
Death date: November 28, 1897

Terms of Service

Senate, 7th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ & 6th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
11/5/1855 - 11/7/1859
House, 2nd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
House, 1st ⁽²⁾ Legislature
2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847

(1) Democrat - listed in Democratic State Convention, 1856, Committee on Resolutions, p. 65. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas 1916.
(2) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." 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) .
(4) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(6) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal .
(7) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, Captain. J.M. Burroughs, nativity Alabama, age 39, occupation farmer, enlisted 6/15/1863 at Hemphill. Ancestry.com .
Biographical sketch, p. 60. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
Census of 1850 - James M. Burroughs, Sabinetown, Sabine County, age 25, born circa 1825 in Alabama, lawyer and farmer.
Census of 1860 - James M. Burroughs, Sabine County, age 35, born circa 1825 in Alabama, farmer. FamilySearch . 1860 1850
BURROUGHS, JAMES M. (1824-?). Handbook of Texas Online .
Death notice, "Col. J.M. Burroughs Dead," Galveston Tribune, 11/30/1897, p. 1, crediting Rosenberg Library. Death date 11/28/1897 in St. Louis, Missouri. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Biographical sketch, Hon. James. M. Burroughs, pp. 536-537. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.
Biographical sketch, p. 261, born in Alabama. Elected to U.S. House of Representatives 1866, but denied a seat because of his service in the Confederate Army. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.