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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Nelson BURNES
(1827-1889)
BURNES, James Nelson, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Marion County, Ind., August
22, 1827; moved with his parents to Platte County, Mo., in 1837;
attended the common schools; was graduated from the Harvard Law
School in 1853; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Missouri; attorney of the district of Missouri in 1856; judge of
the court of common pleas 1868-1872; engaged in banking and the
construction of railroads; served as president of the Missouri
Valley Railroad Co.; principal owner and president of the St.
Joseph Waterworks Co.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth,
Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1883,
until his death; had been reelected to the Fifty-first Congress,
but died in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 1889, before the
commencement of the congressional term; interment in Mount Mora
Cemetery, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo.
Bibliography
DeKnight, Edward W. James Nelson Burnes, Late a Representative
in Congress from Missouri: His life, with a concise reproduction of
his speeches and debates in Congress. Chicago: A. C. McClurg
& Co., 1889.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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