Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	28	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Kerrville / Kerr	Senate President Pro Tempore (22nd)	Bandera, Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green
S	28	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891	20th ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ 21st ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Kerrville / Kerr		Bandera, Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green

(1) 22nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/12/1892, 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(3) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(4) 22nd Legislature - 1/14/1891, p. 5. Seats formerly occupied by Townsend, Kimbrough & Burney were reserved for them, seat formerly occupied by his predecessor was reserved for Carter, those Sens. being absent. Kimbrough indefinitely excused. Senate Journal.
(5) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(6) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(7) Robert Henry Burney, Kerrville. Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(8) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, R.H. Burney, pp. 841-842. Includes details of legislative achievements. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 1900.
BURNEY, ROBERT HANCE (1854-1926). "He was elected state senator as a Democrat from the Twenty-eighth District in 1886 and reelected in 1890." Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Burney family, pp. 294-302. Robert H. Burney, state senator and district judge (known as "Judge of the Hill Country"), born 10/22/1854 in McNairy County, Tennessee, died 4/2/1926. Jesse Burney, born 5/10/1864, served in Texas Legislature for four years, died in 1946. Burney pioneer family portrait. Relatives: Judge Robert H. Burney and Jesse G. Burney - brothers, both sons of Hance McCain Burney and Mary Tatum Burney (pp. 294-295). Kerr County, Texas, 1856-1976, 1975.
Biographical sketch, Robert Henry Burney, pp. 64-66. Born 10/22/1854 in McNary County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, Robert Henry Burney, pp. 156-160. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Robert H. Burney, pp. 186-188. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Military Service Notes

Captain Neal Caldwell's company of State Rangers, joined 1874. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

Robert Henry Burney, birth date 10/22/1854, death date 4/2/1926 in Uvalde. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Robert H. Burney, birth date 10/22/1854, death date 4/2/1926, burial in Glen Rest Cemetery, Kerrville, Kerr County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. R.H. Burney, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. Burney, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.H. Burney, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

22nd R.S. - 1891 Frontier Protection Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation Public Health Public Lands Public Printing State Asylums (Chair)
21st R.S. - 1889 Alamo Monument Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries Education (Chair) Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Mining, Geology and Irrigation Public Health Public Lands Public Printing Rules State Institutions of Learning
20th R.S. - 1887 Comptroller's Office, Examine (Chair) Education Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 New Capitol Construction, Examine New Capitol, Grounds and Cost of Furnishing Proposition by T.H. Wheless, Stenographic Report of the Proceedings of the Legislature (Co-Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds Public Health Public Lands Public Printing (Chair)

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