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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James N. Burnes |
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St. Joseph, Missouri , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 22, 1827 |
| Died |
January 23, 1889
(62 years) |
| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | 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.
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