Julius C. Burrows

Julius C. Burrows

Julius Caesar Burrows (born January 9, 1837 in North East , Erie County , Pennsylvania , † November 16, 1915 in Kalamazoo , Michigan ) was an American politician who represented the state of Michigan in both chambers of Congress .

Life

Burrows studied law and was admitted to the bar in Jefferson, Ohio in 1859 . After moving to Richland in 1860 , he worked as a principal at the Richland Seminary and from 1861 practiced a lawyer in nearby Kalamazoo. In 1862 he set up an infantry company in order to take part as their captain in the civil war until autumn 1863.

From 1866 to 1870 he served as the prosecutor for Kalamazoo County . In 1872 he was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the United States (43rd US Congress, 1873 to 1875). After initially missing the re-election, he was able to enter the 46th, 47th, 48th and 49th Congress (1879 to 1895) in the same function. Burrows was in 1895 as a Republican successor to Francis B. Stockbridge in the United States Senate voted and re-elected in 1899 and 1905, he that of 24 January 1895 up to March 4, 1911 that mandate held. In 1910 he unsuccessfully applied for the re-nomination of his party. Until 1912 he served as vice chairman of the National Monetary Commission ; then he retired.

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• Julius C. Burrows in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)