Jacob Burnet
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| United States Senator from Ohio |
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| In office December 10, 1828 – March 4, 1831 |
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| Preceded by | William H. Harrison |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Ewing |
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| Born | February 22, 1770 Newark, New Jersey |
| Died | May 10, 1853 (aged 83) Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Political party | National Republican |
Jacob Burnet (sometimes spelled Burnett[1]) (February 22, 1770 – May 10, 1853) was an American jurist and statesman from Ohio.
He was born in Newark, New Jersey on February 22, 1770, the son of Dr. William Burnet. He studied law, moved to the Northwest Territory and settled in Cincinnati in 1796.[2] His half-brother David G. Burnet was the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Jacob Burnet was considered the "father of the Ohio constitution" and was an associate justice on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1821 to 1828,[3] and U.S. Senator from 1828 to 1831. His "Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory" is a primary reference on the early Northwest.
He died in Cincinnati on May 10, 1853, aged 83, and is buried in the Spring Grove Cemetery there.
Publications [edit]
- Burnet, Jacob (1847). Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory. Cincinnati: Derby, Bradley and Company.
References [edit]
- ^ Gilkey 1901 : 131
- ^ Charles Theodore Greve (1904). "Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 1". Biographical Publishing Company. p. 377. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ^ Gilkey 1901 : 469
- Gilkey, Elliot Howard, ed. (1901). The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio .... State of Ohio.
External links [edit]
- Jacob Burnet at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Find-a-grave Jacob Burnet
- Congressional Biography
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- 1770 births
- 1853 deaths
- Ohio lawyers
- Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Northwest Territory officials
- Ohio Supreme Court justices
- People from Newark, New Jersey
- People from Cincinnati, Ohio
- United States Senators from Ohio
- Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery
- National Republican Party United States Senators
- Ohio National Republicans
