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Bergeson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigger-bikar.html#607.52.67">Burnett B. Bignall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#089.94.02">Mrs. Burnett Bloodworth</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#949.76.52">Cecil Farris Bryant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#490.89.70">Burnett Bush</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#918.93.75">Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#546.08.90">Claude Burnett Chiperfield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#473.37.04">Chase Addison Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleage-clemente.html#747.69.00">Lincoln E. Clement</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#481.60.21">Burnett Hayden Crawford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#369.15.80">Wade H. Crowder Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodrill-doheny.html#604.43.08">Isham Burnett Dodson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans5.html#660.87.42">John Evans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#206.88.02">Burnett S. Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laws-lawyer.html#062.72.96">Edward Burnett Lawson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#034.42.52">Robert Louis Leggett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller7.html#563.87.16">R. Burnett Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#796.25.06">Isaac Newton Mills</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#067.91.44">Tom P. Pace</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer-parillo.html#501.28.43">William Jamieson Pape</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#127.34.54">David Auburn Peery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#405.72.56">Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#288.54.59">Matthias Burnett Tallmadge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#969.37.96">Darlena Williams-Burnett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="642.94.46">Burnett, A. C.</a> — of Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TR-lived.html">Trigg County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/KY.html">1932</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/KY.html">1944</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="218.65.71">Burnett, Alexander S.</a> — of New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/newalbany.html#2">New Albany, Ind.</a>, 1836-41, 1842-45. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="606.74.01">Burnett, Arthur</a> — of Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TR-lived.html">Trigg County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="671.10.01">Burnett, C. A.</a> — of Girard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CR-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Kan. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/KS.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="515.34.48">Burnett, Charles H.</a> — of Albion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/laundry.html">Laundry owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/albion.html">mayor of Albion, Mich.</a>, 1913-14; defeated, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="852.64.12">Burnett, Charlton</a> (b. 1826) — of Stroudsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Pa. Born in Stroudsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/08-31.html">August 31, 1826</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/PA.html">1864</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1867-69, 1876-78 (10th District 1867-69, 22nd District 1876-78). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#150.21.59">Rogers Levering Burnett</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.82.68">Burnett, Edmund</a> — of Canal Dover (now Dover), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/TU-lived.html">Tuscarawas County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/dover.html#4">Canal Dover, Ohio</a>, 1881. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="462.48.85">Burnett, Edward</a> (1849-1925) — of Southborough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/03-16.html">March 16, 1849</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 9th District, 1887-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/architect.html">farm architect</a>. Died in Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/11-05.html">November 5, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-buried.html#cms00307">St. Mark's Churchyard</a>, Southborough, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Burnett; married to Mabel Lowell (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowell.html#954.44.58">James Russell Lowell</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/24943.html">Lowell-Dunlap family</a> of Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001119">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402064">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Burnett">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="904.52.22">Burnett, Edward M.</a> — of Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-lived.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/eastbatonrouge-parish.html#3">Baton Rouge, La.</a>, 1910-13. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="744.34.17">Burnett, Effie</a> (1896-1973) — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-01.html">April 1, 1896</a>. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 3rd District, 1944; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-died.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/01-21.html">January 21, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html#cms00190">Maple Hill Cemetery</a>, Charlotte, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="808.23.07">Burnett, Emily</a> — of Glendale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CA.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="500.13.30">Burnett, F. P.</a> — of Globe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/GI-lived.html">Gila County</a>, Ariz. Born in Illinois. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/globe.html#2">Globe, Ariz.</a>, 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="637.88.12">Burnett, G. C.</a> — of Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/SC.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="687.82.08">Burnett, George Henry</a> (1853-1927) — also known as George H. Burnett — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ore. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/YA-born.html">Yamhill County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/05-09.html">May 9, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; District Attorney, 3rd Judicial District, 1876-78; circuit judge in Oregon 3rd District, 1892-1910; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/spju.html">justice of Oregon state supreme court</a>, 1911-27; died in office 1927; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Oregon state supreme court</a>, 1921-22, 1927; died in office 1927. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/09-10.html">September 10, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 124 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George William Burnett and Sidney Ann (Younger) Burnett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/12-31.html">December 31, 1879</a>, to Miriam Belt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="669.20.39">Burnett, George N.</a> — of Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GE-lived.html">Greenwood County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/greenwood.html#2">Greenwood, S.C.</a>, 1933-44 (acting, 1933-34). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="602.70.53">Burnett, Guy A., Jr.</a> — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Furniture business</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tampa.html">mayor of Tampa, Fla.</a>, 1963. Still living as of 1963. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="999.61.02">Burnett, H. C.</a> — of Princeton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CD-lived.html">Caldwell County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/KY.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burnett, H. Prince See <a href="#400.67.42">Henry Prince Burnett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="842.29.12">Burnett, Henry</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/KY.html">1880</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="330.29.66">Burnett, Henry Cornelius</a> (1825-1866) — also known as Henry C. Burnett — of Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TR-lived.html">Trigg County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/10-05.html">October 5, 1825</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 1st District, 1855-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65. Slaveowner. Died in Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-died.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/10-01.html">October 1, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TR-buried.html#cms00076">East End Cemetery</a>, Cadiz, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. Isaac Burnett and Martha (Garnett) Burnett; married to Mary A. Terry.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001120">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402065">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="424.51.71">Burnett, Henry Lawrence</a> (1838-1916) — also known as Henry L. Burnett; "Lightning Eyes Burnett" — of Cincinnati, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ohio; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Youngstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-born.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/12-26.html">December 26, 1838</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1898-1906. Investigated the assassination of President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#848.31.47">Abraham Lincoln</a>, and helped prosecute the conspirators. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-04.html">January 4, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-buried.html#cms01010">Slate Hill Cemetery</a>, Goshen, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Agnes Suffern Tailer.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="400.67.42">Burnett, Henry Prince</a> — also known as H. Prince Burnett — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/gx-lived.html">Galax</a>, Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Grayson County, 1938-39; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/VA.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/limcn2.html">delegate to Virginia limited constitutional convention</a> 14th District, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burnett, Herman See <a href="#796.52.55">Otis Herman Burnett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="539.92.21">Burnett, I. G.</a> — of Dayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/dayton.html">Mayor of Dayton, Ohio</a>, 1809. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="948.40.67">Burnett, J. Lester</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orange County 2nd District, 1919. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="972.43.95">Burnett, James</a> — of Scotland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 13th District, 1872. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="319.25.10">Burnett, James</a> — Socialist. Delegate to Socialist National Convention from Young People's Socialist League, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="658.10.23">Burnett, James B.</a> — of Baton Rouge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/EB-lived.html">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, La. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/eastbatonrouge-parish.html#3">Baton Rouge, La.</a>, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="353.31.78">Burnett, Jean La Rue</a> (d. 1907) — also known as Jean L. Burnett — of Canandaigua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Born in Canandaigua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1899-1907; died in office 1907; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>. Died in February, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/index.html">1907</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="853.61.70">Burnett, Jim</a> — of Brentwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/TN.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="058.60.79">Burnett, Jim</a> — of Clinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Ark. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/AR.html">Republican National Committee from Arkansas</a>, 2008; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AR.html">2008</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="043.90.73">Burnett, Jody</a> — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-lived.html">Cache County</a>, Utah. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/UT.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="560.73.83">Burnett, John</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Oregon state supreme court</a>, 1874-76. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="671.38.27">Burnett, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MC-lived.html">Macon County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Macon County, 1907-08. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="421.18.69">Burnett, John D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a> from Clark County, 1850; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a> 11th District, 1852-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="018.36.72">Burnett, John D.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama</a>, 1885-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="997.46.02">Burnett, John Houston</a> (1844-1934) — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill. Born in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/09-19.html">September 19, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/marion.html">mayor of Marion, Ill.</a>, 1895-97, 1911-13. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> which broke his hip, in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-died.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/07-13.html">July 13, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 297 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-buried.html#cms05822">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Marion, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#796.52.55">Otis Herman Burnett</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="244.29.79">Burnett, John Lawson</a> (1854-1919) — also known as John L. Burnett — of Gadsden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ET-lived.html">Etowah County</a>, Ala. Born in Cedar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CE-born.html">Cherokee County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/01-20.html">January 20, 1854</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1884; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1886; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 7th District, 1899-1919; died in office 1919. Died in Gadsden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ET-died.html">Etowah County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/05-13.html">May 13, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 113 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ET-buried.html#cms00833">Forrest Cemetery</a>, Gadsden, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of W. E. J. Burnett and Mary N. Burnett; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Bettie Reader.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001121">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402066">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="907.91.81">Burnett, John M.</a> — of San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/CA.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="890.00.69">Burnett, John T.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/MA.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="142.55.87">Burnett, Jonathan</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Essex County, 1853-54. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="415.63.53">Burnett, K. King</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 1st District, 1971. Still living as of 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burnett, King See <a href="#415.63.53">K. King Burnett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="617.18.74">Burnett, L. A.</a> — of Terre Haute, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VI-lived.html">Vigo County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/IN.html">1856</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="793.61.77">Burnett, Leander W.</a> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Amherstburg</a>, as of 1880. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="311.99.96">Burnett, Leslie G.</a> — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/TX.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burnett, Lester See <a href="#948.40.67">J. Lester Burnett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burnett, Lightning Eyes: See <a href="#424.51.71">Henry Lawrence Burnett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="332.22.87">Burnett, Mary Elizabeth</a> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 50th District, 1946-53. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="087.99.90">Burnett, Nahum</a> (1894-1951) — of Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/index.html">1894</a>. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sba.html">Michigan state board of agriculture</a>, 1935, 1939; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 3rd District, 1948. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/10-12.html">October 12, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-buried.html#cms00190">Maple Hill Cemetery</a>, Charlotte, Mich. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="575.97.82">Burnett, Orville L.</a> — of Bourbon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CF-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Mo. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Crawford County, 1949-54; defeated, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="796.52.55">Burnett, Otis Herman</a> (1872-1909) — also known as Herman Burnett — of Illinois. Born in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-born.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-07.html">January 7, 1872</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 50th District, 1901-07. Died in Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-died.html">Williamson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/08-10.html">August 10, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 215 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WL-buried.html#cms05822">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Marion, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#997.46.02">John Houston Burnett</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="734.07.61">Burnett, Patricia</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1979. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1979. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="455.82.57">Burnett, Peter Hardeman</a> (1807-1895) — also known as Peter H. Burnett — Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/11-15.html">November 15, 1807</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/tsju.html">justice of Oregon territorial supreme court</a>, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of California</a>, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1857-58. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-died.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/05-17.html">May 17, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 183 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-buried.html#cms05938">Santa Clara Mission Cemetery</a>, Santa Clara, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Burnet and Dorothy (Hardeman) Burnet; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/">1828</a> to Harriet Rogers.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/peter-hardeman-burnett/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Burnett, Prince See <a href="#400.67.42">Henry Prince Burnett</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="852.14.45">Burnett, R. A.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/KY.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="434.59.70">Burnett, R. L.</a> — of Tennessee. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 3rd District, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="196.23.15">Burnett, Rad</a> — of Illinois. Union Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="032.70.78">Burnett, Richard B.</a> — of Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/spartanburg.html#2">Spartanburg, S.C.</a>, 1961-73. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="626.29.60">Burnett, Robert M.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/MA.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="150.21.59">Burnett, Rogers Levering</a> (b. 1856) — also known as Rogers L. Burnett — of Stroudsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Pa. Born in Stroudsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/10-25.html">October 25, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MN-officials.html">Monroe County District Attorney</a>, 1884-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania</a>, 1913-21. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#852.64.12">Charlton Burnett</a> and Jane Caroline (Levering) Burnett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/06-15.html">June 15, 1910</a>, to Leonora Miller Pritchard.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="432.78.06">Burnett, Ruth E.</a> — of Fairbanks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/FN-lived.html">Fairbanks North Star Borough</a>, Alaska. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/fairbanks.html">Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska</a>, 1980-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="384.96.93">Burnett, Stephen F.</a> — of Youngstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-lived.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/youngstown.html">Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio</a>, 1852-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="121.88.20">Burnett, Mrs. T. A.</a> — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CA.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="500.89.04">Burnett, T. J.</a> — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BU-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/AL.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="343.84.25">Burnett, Mrs. Theo A.</a> — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/OH.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="129.10.57">Burnett, Theodore Legrand</a> (1829-1917) — of Kentucky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SP-born.html">Spencer County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/11-14.html">November 14, 1829</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65. Died in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/10-30.html">October 30, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7096024">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="046.61.22">Burnett, Thomas P.</a> (1800-1845) — of Mt. Hope Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-lived.html">Grant County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/09-03.html">September 3, 1800</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; walked with a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">limp</a> due to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of Black Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/trcn.html">member Wisconsin territorial council</a>, 1836. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/typhoid-fever.html">typhoid</a>, in Mt. Hope Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-died.html">Grant County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/11-07.html">November 7, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GT-buried.html#cms07049">Hermitage Cemetery</a>, Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Burnett and Judith Burnett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/12-29.html">December 29, 1836</a>, to Lucia Maria Brunson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/BN.html">Burnett County, Wis.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="296.79.16">Burnett, Tod</a> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="750.18.23">Burnett, Tom</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/GA-lived.html">Gallatin County</a>, Mont. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sthse.html">Montana state house of representatives</a> 63rd District; elected 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="562.56.23">Burnett, V. G.</a> — of Hannibal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/MA-parties.html">Chair of Marion County Democratic Party</a>, 1921. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="829.21.43">Burnett, Vivian</a> (1876-1937) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo.; Plandome Manor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Paris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/04-05.html">April 5, 1876</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">music composer</a>; Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Model for the title character in his mother's book, Little Lord Fauntleroy. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">sailing his yawl</a>, Delight III, he helped rescue people from an overturned sailboat, and then collapsed and died, probably of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, on <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/LI-died.html">Long Island Sound</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/07-25.html">July 25, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 111 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-buried.html#cms01449">Roslyn Cemetery</a>, Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Swan Moses Burnett and Frances Eliza (Hodgson) Burnett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-21.html">November 21, 1914</a>, to Constance Clough Buel.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/39974650">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="883.61.64">Burnett, W. R.</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/springfield.html">Mayor of Springfield, Ohio</a>, 1892; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/OH.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="009.10.66">Burnett, Warren DuPre</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Spartanburg County, 1933-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="520.40.69">Burnett, Wiley B.</a> — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/athens.html#2">Athens, Ga.</a>, 1886-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/GA.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/GA.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="198.26.85">Burnett, William</a> — of Scio Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Washtenaw County, 1848; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/scio-twp.html">supervisor of Scio Township, Michigan</a>, 1854-55, 1856-57. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="562.95.18">Burnett, William F.</a> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>. 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