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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAnson BURLINGAME
(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.
Bibliography
Anderson, David L. “Anson Burlingame: Reformer and
Diplomat.” Civil War History 25 (December 1979):
293-308; Koo, Telly H. “The Life of Anson Burlingame.”
Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1922.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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