Background
Burford, John Henry was born on February 29, 1852 in in Parke Company, Indiana, United States. Son of James and Sarah Ann (Reddish) Burford.
Burford, John Henry was born on February 29, 1852 in in Parke Company, Indiana, United States. Son of James and Sarah Ann (Reddish) Burford.
Educated Waveland Collegiate Institute, 1870-1872. Bachelor of Laws, Indiana University, 1874.
Prospective attorney 22d Circuit, Indiana, 1880. Appointed register United States Land Office, Oklahoma City, 1890. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Oklahoma Ty., 1892-1896, chief justice, 1898-1907.
Member Oklahoma State Senate, 1913-1917.
Republican nominee for United States Senator, 1914. Then senior member Burford, Miley, Hoffman & Burford.
Home: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Member Oklahoma State Senate, 1913-1917. Member Burford, Miley, Hoffman & Burford.
Married Mary A. Cheek, February 14, 1876.