Henry E. Burnham

Henry Eben Burnham
Henry Eben Burnham
United States Senator; from New Hampshire
	In office; March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	William E. Chandler
Succeeded by	Henry F. Hollis
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
	In office; 1873–1874
Personal details
Born	November 8, 1844; Dunbarton, New Hampshire
Died	February 8, 1917 (aged 72); Manchester, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
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Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844 – February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire.

Biography

Henry E. Burnham was born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire on November 8, 1844.^[1] He attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham graduated from Dartmouth College in 1865, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Manchester. He engaged in banking and insurance and was member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1873-1874, was treasurer of Hillsborough County from 1875 to 1877, was judge of probate for Hillsborough County from 1876 to 1879, and was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1889. He was chairman of the Republican State convention in 1888, served as a ballot-law commissioner from 1892 to 1900, and was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1901.

Burnham was reelected to the Senate in 1907 and served from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1913; he was not a candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Cuban Relations (Fifty-eighth through Sixtieth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Claims (Sixty-first Congress) and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty-second Congress). He resumed the practice of law and died in Manchester on February 8, 1917; interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery.^[2]

References

^ Stearns, Ezra S., ed. (1908). Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. Vol. I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 92. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Ex-Senator Burnham Dead in Manchester". The Boston Globe. Manchester, New Hampshire (published February 9, 1917). February 8, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

United States Congress. "Henry E. Burnham (id: B001125)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. Senate
Preceded by William E. Chandler	U.S. senator (Class 2) from New Hampshire 1901–1913 Served alongside: Jacob H. Gallinger	Succeeded by Henry F. Hollis

[Genealogical-1] Stearns, Ezra S., ed. (1908). Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. Vol. I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 92. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via Internet Archive.

[2] "Ex-Senator Burnham Dead in Manchester". The Boston Globe. Manchester, New Hampshire (published February 9, 1917). February 8, 1917. p. 5. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e United States senators from New Hampshire
Class 2	Wingate Livermore Olcott Gilman Thompson Morril S. Bell Hubbard Woodbury Jenness Cilley Hale Atherton Williams Hale Cragin Rollins Pike Cheney Chandler Marston Chandler Burnham Hollis Keyes Bridges Murphy McIntyre Humphrey Smith Sununu Shaheen
Class 3	Langdon Sheafe Plumer Parker Cutts Mason Storer Parrott Woodbury Hill Page Pierce Wilcox Atherton Norris Wells J. Bell Clark Fogg Patterson Wadleigh C. Bell Blair Gallinger Drew Moses Brown Tobey Upton Cotton Wyman Cotton Durkin Rudman Gregg Ayotte Hassan

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Agriculture (1829–1857; 1863–1881)	Marks Seymour Brown Page P. Smith Mouton Linn Upham Sturgeon Soulé Allen (abolished 1857–1863) Sherman Cameron Morton Frelinghuysen Paddock Johnston
Agriculture and Forestry (1884–1977)	Miller Palmer Paddock George Proctor Hansbrough Dolliver Warren Burnham Gore Gronna Norris McNary E. Smith Thomas Capper Thomas Ellender Aiken Ellender Talmadge
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (1977–)	Talmadge Helms Leahy Lugar Harkin Lugar Harkin Cochran Chambliss Harkin Lincoln Stabenow Roberts Stabenow