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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsBURLINGAME, Anson
(1820—1870)
BURLINGAME, Anson, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Berlin, N.Y., November 14, 1820; moved with his parents to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1823, and to Detroit, Mich., in 1833; attended private schools and the Detroit branch of the University of Michigan; was graduated from the law department of Harvard University in 1846; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston; served in the State senate in 1852; member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1853; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; appointed Minister to Austria March 22, 1861, but was not accepted by the Austrian Government because of certain opinions he was known to entertain regarding Hungary and Sardinia; Minister to China from June 14, 1861, to November 21, 1867; appointed December 1, 1867, by the Chinese Government its ambassador to negotiate treaties with foreign powers; died in St. Petersburg, Russia, February 23, 1870; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Anderson, David L. “Anson Burlingame: American Architect of the Cooperative Policy in China, 1861-1871.” Diplomatic History
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———. “Anson Burlingame: Reformer and Diplomat.” Civil War History
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———. An appeal to patriots against fraud and disunion
. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, printers, 1858.
———. Defence [sic] of Massachusetts. Speech of Hon. Anson Burlingame, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, June 21, 1856
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———. Oration
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Gumpach, Johannes von. The Burlingame Mission
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Kim, Samuel Soonki. “Anson Burlingame: A Study in Personal Diplomacy.” Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 1966.
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New York. Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York. Tribute of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York, to the memory of Anson Burlingame, late ambassador from China, March 3d, 1870
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Ring, Martin R. “Anson Burlingame, F. Wells Williams and China, 1861-1870: A Great Era in Chinese-American Relations.” Ph.D. diss., Tulane University, 1972.
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Yeager, Carl Francis. Anson Burlingame; His Mission to China and the First Chinese Mission to Western Nations
. Washington: N.p., 1950.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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