Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	59	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th (1) (2) (3) (4)	Democrat	Mertens / Hill		Hill, Navarro
H	59	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Mertens / Hill		Hill, Navarro

(1) MERTENS, TEXAS. "Mertens is at the intersection of Farm Road 308 and State Highway 22, thirteen miles east of Hillsboro in far eastern Hill County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Hill County, p. 1; Mertens, Navarro County, p. 4. House Journal.
(3) Mertens, Hill County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Hillsboro. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Memorial, October 1948, p. 562. Death date 6/3/1948. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

• James Denson Burns, birth date 8/18/1884, death date 5/28/1948 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• James Denson Burns, birth date 8/18/1884, death date 5/28/1948 on grave marker, burial in Rosemound Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

• Photograph. J. D. Burns, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. D. Burns, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 36th 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.

Committee Information top

37th R.S. - 1921 Criminal Jurisprudence   Labor   Liquor Traffic   Municipal and Private Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Vice Chair)

36th R.S. - 1919 Criminal Jurisprudence   Engrossed Bills   Labor   Municipal and Private Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Sanitary Conditions in Austin, Investigate