Daniel Burrows

Daniel Burrows (born October 26, 1766 in Groton , Colony of Connecticut , †  January 23, 1858 in Mystic , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Burrows was the uncle of Lorenzo Burrows (1805-1885), who sat in Congress for New York State between 1849 and 1853 . After primary school, he worked in factories that made carriages and wagons. After studying theology, he became a clergyman in the Methodist Church . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Republican Party .

Burrows was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1816 to 1820 . In 1818 he was a member of a commission for the revision of the state constitution. He was also a member of a commission that redefined the border between the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts . In the Congressional elections of 1820, which were held nationwide in Connecticut, he was elected as a candidate for the third seat in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took over from Samuel Foot on March 4, 1821 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1822, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1823.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Burrows worked as a land surveyor and customs inspector in the port of Middletown between 1823 and 1847 . In 1826 he was again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He died in Mystic on January 23, 1858.

Web links

• Daniel Burrows in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Burrows in the database of Find a Grave (English)