Andrew McBurney

Andrew Graham McBurney
8th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office January 8, 1866 – January 13, 1868
Governor	Jacob Dolson Cox
Preceded by	Charles Anderson
Succeeded by	John C. Lee
Personal details
Born	(1817-11-13)November 13, 1817 Montgomery, Ohio
Died	Lebanon, Ohio
Resting place	Lebanon
Political party	Republican

Andrew Graham McBurney (November 13, 1817 – April 23, 1894) was an American Republican politician who served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868.

Biography

McBurney was born in 1815 near Montgomery, Ohio, and was the eldest son of James and Magdalen Falen McBurney. The family soon moved to Lebanon, Ohio, where McBurney finished his apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker in 1836. He read law in 1840, and was admitted to the bar 1843. He became a law parter to Thomas Corwin.

Career

McBurney was a Democrat until the start of the Civil War, when he became a Republican. In 1861 and 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.

In 1865, he was elected Lieutenant Governor, serving one term. He was an elector on the Grant/Colfax ticket in 1868, but did not again participate in Politics. In 1871 he was co-counsel with Clement Vallandigham in a murder trial. He was the only witness to see Vallandigham accidentally shoot himself to death in the Golden Lamb Inn. He died 1894 in Lebanon. McBurney is buried in Lebanon.

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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