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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaHutchins Gordon BURTON
(1782-1836)
BURTON, Hutchins Gordon,
(nephew of Robert Burton), a Representative from North Carolina;
born in Virginia in 1782; when three years of age his father died
and he was sent to Granville County, where he was reared by his
uncle, Col. Robert Burton; moved to Mecklenburg County, N.C., in
1803; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1806 and practiced;
member of the State house of commons in 1809; elected attorney
general of North Carolina in 1810 and served until his resignation
in November 1816; moved to Halifax, N.C., in 1816, and again
elected a member of the State house of commons in 1817; elected as
a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, as a
Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and served from
December 6, 1819, until March 23, 1824, when he resigned; Governor
of North Carolina 1824-1827; resumed the practice of law in
Halifax; was the host of General Lafayette when the latter visited
Raleigh during his tour of the United States in 1825; died while on
a visit to relatives in Iredell County, N.C., April 21, 1836;
interment in Unity Churchyard, Beattys Ford, Lincoln County,
N.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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