James Burrill

James Burrill

James Burrill Jr. (born April 25, 1772 in Providence , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , †  December 25, 1820 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party ) who founded the state of Rhode Island in the US Senate represented.

James Burrill graduated from Rhode Island College in his hometown of Providence, now Brown University, in 1788 . He studied law , became a member of the bar in 1791 and then worked as a lawyer in Providence. From 1797 to 1814 he served as Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island, whose House of Representatives he was a member between 1813 and 1816, including three years as a speaker . In 1816, Burrill was appointed Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court .

In the same year he was elected to the US Senate, into which James Burrill moved on March 4, 1817. As a result, he was among other things in front of the Justice Committee of the Senate . However, he died while still in office on December 25, 1820 in Washington. A funeral service was held in the Senate Chamber in Burrill's honor; the burial took place in the congress cemetery .

The city of Burrillville in Rhode Island was named after James Burrill. His great-grandson Theodore F. Green represented the state between 1937 and 1961 in the US Senate; previously he had been its governor from 1933 to 1937 .

Web links

• James Burrill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Burrill in the database of Find a Grave (English)