Henry E. Burnham

Henry E. Burnham

Henry Eben Burnham (* 8. November 1844 in Dunbarton , Merrimack County , New Hampshire , †  8 February 1917 in Manchester , New Hampshire) was an American politician ( Republican Party ), of the state of New Hampshire in the US Senate took .

As a boy, Henry Burnham attended public schools and the Kimball Union Academy , a private school in Meriden . He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1865 , then studied law , was inducted into the Bar in 1868 and began practicing in Manchester. He was also active in the banking and insurance business.

Burnham took his first public mandate in 1873 as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives , to which he served for a year. He was then from 1875 to 1877 treasurer of Hillsborough County , where he also served as a probate judge between 1876 and 1879. In 1888 he was chairman of the Republican State Party Congress, and the following year he took part in the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention. From 1892 to 1900 he was a member of a state electoral commission.

Finally, in 1901, he was elected to the US Senate, where Burnham assumed his mandate from March 4 of that year. In 1907 he was confirmed in office, six years later he did not run for re-election. During his time in the Senate, he was, among other things, chairman of the Committee on Relations with Cuba. After the end of his political career Burnham worked again as a lawyer in New Hampshire.

Web links

• Henry E. Burnham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry E. Burnham in the database of Find a Grave (English)