Andrew McBurney
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Andrew McBurney
Andrew Graham McBurney (November 13, 1817 – April 23, 1894)[1] was an American Republican politician who served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868.[2]
McBurney, eldest son of James and Magdalen Falen McBurney was born 1815 near Montgomery, Ohio. The family soon moved to Lebanon, Ohio, where finished his apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker in 1836.[3] He read law starting 1840, and was admitted to the bar 1843.[3] He was a Democrat until the start of the Civil War, when he became a Republican.[3] In 1861, and again in 1863 he was elected to the Ohio Senate, representing the Second District (Butler and Warren counties) in the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth General Assembly.[4] In 1865 he was elected Lieutenant Governor, serving one term.[5] He was an elector on the Grant/Colfax ticket in 1868, but did not again participate in Politics. He died 1894 in Lebanon.[3]
Notes
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Lieutenant Governors Of The State Of Ohio: 1852 - Present". Ohio Secretary of State. http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/HistoricalElectionComparisons/Lieutenant%20Governors%20of%20the%20State%20of%20Ohio%201852%20-%20present.aspx. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ a b c d Smith 1898 : 212
- ^ Ohio 1917 : 240
- ^ 1865 election McBurney 224,943 Democrat William Lang 193,510 from Smith 1898 : 209
References
- Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA667.
- Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio. http://books.google.com/books?id=7qesAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA240.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles Anderson |
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio 1866-1868 |
Succeeded by John C. Lee |
| Ohio Senate | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Moore |
Senator from 2nd District 1862-1865 |
Succeeded by Noah C. McFarland |
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