Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Waller Thomas Burns

Full Name: Waller Thomas Burns
Birth date: January 14, 1858
Death date: November 17, 1917

Terms of Service

Senate, 26th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ & 25th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1897 - 1/8/1901
Republican

(1) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual .
(4) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Waller T. Burns, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. W.T. Burns, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Waller T. Burns, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Burns, Waller Thomas. Born 1/14/1858 in La Grange, died 11/17/1917 in Laredo. State senator, Texas, 1897-1901. Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present .
Waller T. Burns, birth date 1/14/1859 in Fayette County; death date 11/17/1917 in Laredo, Webb County; U.S. Judge. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Judge Waller Thomas Burns, birth date 1/14/1858, death date 11/17/1917, burial in Old La Grange City Cemetery, Fayette County. Includes obituary from Laredo Weekly Times, 11/18/1917. Find a Grave .
BURNS, WALLER T. (1858-1917). Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, "Federal Judge Waller T. Burns Succumbed to a Short Illness," 11/18/1917, p. 12. Laredo Weekly Times .
Obituary, "Judge Burns Dies; Illness Is Short," San Antonio Express, 11/18/1917, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Waller T. Burns, pp. 41-42. Born 1/14/1858 in Fayette County. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.