Henry E. Burnham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry E. Burnham

American politician

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1844

Place of Birth: Dunbarton, New Hampshire, United States

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1917

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Henry E. Burnham

  • Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844 – February 8, 1917) was a United States Senator from New Hampshire.
  • Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson.
  • Burnham graduated from Dartmouth College in 1865, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Manchester.
  • He engaged in banking and insurance and was member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1873-1874, was treasurer of Hillsborough County from 1875 to 1877, was judge of probate for Hillsborough County from 1876 to 1879, and was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1889.
  • He was chairman of the Republican State convention in 1888, served as a ballot-law commissioner from 1892 to 1900, and was elected as a Republican to the U.S.
  • Senate in 1901. Burnham was reelected to the Senate in 1907 and served from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1913; he was not a candidate for reelection.
  • While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Cuban Relations (Fifty-eighth through Sixtieth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Claims (Sixty-first Congress) and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty-second Congress).
  • He resumed the practice of law and died in Manchester, 1917; interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery.

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