Jacob Burnet

Jacob Burnet
United States Senator from Ohio
In office December 10, 1828 – March 4, 1831
Preceded by	William H. Harrison
Succeeded by	Thomas Ewing
Personal details
Born	February 22, 1770(1770-02-22) Newark, New Jersey
Died	May 10, 1853(1853-05-10) (aged 83) Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	National Republican

Jacob Burnet (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. 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, 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

• Burnet, Jacob (1847). Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory. Cincinnati: Derby, Bradley and Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=2lgUAAAAYAAJ. 

External links

• Jacob Burnet at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Find-a-grave Jacob Burnet
• Congressional Biography

Political offices
New title	Speaker of the Northwest Territory Legislative Council 1799–1802	Ohio statehood
Assembly seats
New district	Member of the Northwest Territory Legislative Council from Hamilton County 1799–1802 Served alongside: James Findlay	Ohio statehood
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by Peter Bell Ephraim Brown Zebulon Foster	Representative from Hamilton County 1814–1816 Served alongside: Peter Bell, Ephraim Brown	Succeeded by Arthur Henry Daniel Hosbrook Benjamin M. Platt
United States Senate
Preceded by William Henry Harrison	United States Senator (Class 3) from Ohio December 10, 1828 – March 3, 1831 Served alongside: Benjamin Ruggles	Succeeded by Thomas Ewing
Legal offices
Preceded by Jessup Nash Couch	Ohio Supreme Court Judges 1821-1828	Succeeded by Joshua Collett