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Frank Herman Frederic Burmeister Full Name: Frank Herman Frederic Burmeister Date of birth: December 19, 1856 Date of death: April 23, 1932 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 76 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat Christine / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen H 80 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Christine / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen H 80 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Tilden / McMullen   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen H 80 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Christine / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen H 91 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Tilden / McMullen   Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala (1) Pleasanton. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (2) Christine. House Journal. (3) Tilden, McMullen County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) McMullen County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992. (5) Christine. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 42nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., 9/1/1932, p. 37. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch and portrait, Frank H. Burmeister, pp. 506-508. Born in 1856 in Berlin, Germany, married Sallie J. Russell, member of the Texas Legislature/rancher/lawyer. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918. Other Resources Frank Herman Frederic Burmeister, birth date 12/19/1856 in Germany, death date 4/23/1932 in Poteet, Atascosa. Buried in Cross, McMullen. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. "F.H. Burmeister, the 'Flying Dutchman from McMullen County' . . . ," 8/23/1922, p. 17. San Antonio Express. "Judge Burmeister Buried," 4/29/1932, p. 5. "Judge Burmeister had been a citizen of McMullen County for more than fifty years." San Antonio Express. "Texas Trails," 6/5/1930, p. 4, " . . . consider the case of the Hon. Frank Burmeister of McMullen county." San Antonio Light. Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Census of 1900 - Justice Precinct 1, McMullen County. Census of 1910, 1920, and 1930 - Justice Precinct 2, McMullen County. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930 Photographs Photograph. F.H. Burmeister, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank H. Burmeister, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank H. Burmeister, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Frank H. Burmeister, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.H. Burmeister, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 38th R.S. - 1923 Constitutional Amendments   Judiciary (Vice Chair)  Live Stock and Stock Raising   Oil, Gas and Mining   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   37th R.S. - 1921 Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Public Lands and Buildings   Senatorial Districts   Stock and Stock Raising   34th R.S. - 1915 Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Examination of Comptroller's Accounts for Governor's Mansion   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds (Vice Chair)  Reforms in Civil Procedure   33rd R.S. - 1913 Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations   Judiciary   Liquor Traffic   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Debt (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   Reforms in Criminal Procedure   24th R.S. - 1895 Counties and County Boundaries   Irrigation   Judiciary No. 2   Public Lands and Land Office

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