Alfred A. Burnham

Alfred Avery Burnham (born March 8, 1819 in Windham , Connecticut , †  April 11, 1879 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1863 he represented the third constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school and a year of college, Alfred Burnham studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He then began to work in this profession in his hometown of Windham. He also embarked on a political career. He was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1844, 1845, 1850, and 1858 ; In 1858 he was the first president of the house. In 1847 he was employed as a clerk at the State Senate . Burnham became a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . In 1857 he was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut.

In the congressional election of 1858 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third district of Connecticut , where he succeeded Sidney Dean on March 4, 1859 . After re-election in 1860, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1863 , which were shaped by the events before and at the beginning of the civil war . In Congress, he saw the withdrawal of MPs from the southern states and the outbreak of war. In 1862, Alfred Burnham renounced another candidacy.

Burnham remained politically active even after his time in the US House of Representatives. In 1870 he was re-elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives. There he was again President of the Chamber. Alfred Burnham died on April 11, 1879 in his native Windham and was buried there. He was married to Mary Belden (1834-1914).

Web links

• Alfred A. Burnham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alfred A. Burnham in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Alfred A. Burnham at The Political Graveyard