Barker Burnell
Barker Burnell | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts | |
In office March 4, 1841 – June 15, 1843 | |
Preceded by | John Reed Jr. (11th) Nathaniel B. Borden (10th) |
Succeeded by | 11th District eliminated until 1853 Joseph Grinnell (10th) |
Constituency | 11th district (1841–43) 10th district (1843) |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket and Dukes County District | |
In office 1823–1823 | |
Preceded by | Walter Folger, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Jethro Mitchell |
In office 1825–1833 | |
Preceded by | Jethro Mitchell |
Succeeded by | |
In office 1838–1838 | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | George Bruce Upton |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1821-1822 | |
Personal details | |
Born | January 30, 1798 Nantucket, Massachusetts |
Died | June 15, 1843 (aged 45) Washington, D.C. |
Resting place | Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts |
Political party | Whig |
Barker Burnell (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Early life[]
Burnell was born on January 30, 1798 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
State Public service[]
Massachusetts General Court[]
Burnell served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1821-1822,[1] and as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1823,[1] from 1825 to 1833,[1] and in 1838.[2]
Massachusetts Constitutional convention of 1820[]
Burnell was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention of 1820.[1]
Whig National Convention[]
Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840.
Member of the US Congress[]
Burnell was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843.
Burial[]
He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1844.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 31
- ^ Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 32
- United States Congress. "Barker Burnell (id: B001114)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1798 births
- 1843 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
- Massachusetts state senators
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Massachusetts Whigs
- People from Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians