Texas Legislators: Past & Present

George Ewing Burney

Full Name: George Ewing Burney
Birth date: August 15, 1814
Death date: February 18, 1878

Terms of Service

Senate, 11th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870

Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 11/8/1866, Regular Session.
Senate, 10th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
11/2/1863 - 8/6/1866
Senate, 9th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
2/2/1863 - 11/2/1863
House, 5th Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
House, 3rd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851

(1) George Burney, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded George B. Erath, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal .
(4) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 11/2/1863, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session - Roll of Senators-elect to fill vacancies, oath of office administered, 2/2/1863, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - predecessor George B. Erath drew "the short term" (two years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .
(7) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
(8) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
(9) Entire Senate went up for reelection in 1866 - "Thirty-three senators were elected to the Eleventh Legislature," p. 58. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, George E. Burney, age 39, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Arkansas in 1847, mechanic, postoffice Waco, McLennan County. House Journal .
Member roster, 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session: George E. Burney, Waco, McLennan County, nativity Tennessee, manufacturer, age 49.
Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: G.E. Burney, Waco, McLennan County, farmer, no state of nativity or age listed. Senate Journal . 11th R.S. 9th 1st C.S.

Photographs

Photograph. G.E. Burney, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Other Resources

Geo. Ewing Burney, birth date 8/15/1814 in Robertson County, Tennessee, death date 2/18/1878 in Waco, Texas, burial in First Street Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. Find a Grave .
BURNEY, GEORGE E. (1814-1878). "He was elected from Carroll County to the Arkansas legislature in 1842." Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, "Waco: Death of Col. George E. Burney," The Galveston Daily News, 2/19/1878, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
President of Waco Manufacturing Company mill, p. 45; investigation of burning of Brenham, p. 77. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.