George F. Burgess Explained

George F. Burgess
State:Texas
Term Start:March 4, 1903
Term End:March 3, 1917
Predecessor:Albert S. Burleson
Successor:Joseph J. Mansfield
State2:Texas
Term Start2:March 4, 1901
Term End2:March 3, 1903
Predecessor2:Robert B. Hawley
Successor2:Albert S. Burleson
Birth Name:George Farmer Burgess
Birth Date:21 September 1861
Birth Place:Wharton, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:Gonzales, Texas, U.S.
Resting Place:Masonic Cemetery
Party:Democratic
Profession:Politician, lawyer

George Farmer Burgess (September 21, 1861 – December 31, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Biography

Born in Wharton, Texas, Burgess attended the common schools.He moved with his mother to Fayette County in 1880 and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Flatonia.He was later employed as a clerk in a country store.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in La Grange, Texas.He moved to Gonzales in 1884.He served as prosecuting attorney of Gonzales County from 1886 to 1889, when he resigned.

Burgess was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1917).He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination of United States Senator in 1916.He resumed the practice of law at Gonzales, Texas, where he died December 31, 1919.He was interred in the Masonic Cemetery.