Terms of Service

• House, 12th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  2/10/1870 - 1/14/1873
   
  

(1) Burley was a Radical Republican. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/10/1870. House Journal .
(3) Radical Republican Association, established 6/4/1870, p. 26. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 81st Legislature, R.S., HCR 81, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Other Resources

• Biographical information in Alwyn Barr, "Black Legislators of Reconstruction Texas," Volume 32, Number 4, December 1986, pp. 340-352. Civil War History .
• Biographical sketch. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas 2002.
• BURLEY, D.W. (ca. 1844-?). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch, p. 5. Included in list of eleven African-American delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1868-1869, Appendix A. Birth year 1844, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.

Committee Information

• 12th Adjourned - 1871
• Education  
• 12th R.S. - 1871
• Education  
• 12th 1st C.S. - 1870
• Education  
• Town and City Corporations