Barker Burnell

Barker Burnell (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Barker Burnell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1841 – June 15, 1843
Preceded by	John Reed Jr.
Succeeded by	Joseph Grinnell
Constituency	11th district (1841–1843) 10th district (1843)
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket and Dukes County District
In office 1823–1823
Preceded by	Walter Folger, Jr.
Succeeded by	Jethro Mitchell
In office 1825–1833
Preceded by	Jethro Mitchell
Succeeded by	David Joy
In office 1838–1838
Preceded by	David Joy
Succeeded by	George Bruce Upton
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1821–1822
Personal details
Born	January 30, 1798 Nantucket, Massachusetts
Died	June 15, 1843 (aged 45) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig

Biography

Burnell was born on January 30, 1798, in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Burnell was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention of 1820.^[1] He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1821–1822,^[1] and as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1823,^[1] from 1825 to 1833,^[1] and in 1838.^[2]

Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843.

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1844.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 31
2. Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven, Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, p. 32

• United States Congress. "Barker Burnell (id: B001114)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Reed, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Succeeded by John Z. Goodrich
Preceded by Nathaniel B. Borden	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district March 4, 1843 – June 15, 1843	Succeeded by Joseph Grinnell

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