Thomas Burnside

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Thomas Burnside
Member of the
Pennsylvania Senate for the 13th district
In office
1811-1812
1823-1826
Personal details
Born(1782-07-28)July 28, 1782
Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Kingdom of Ireland
DiedMarch 13, 1851(1851-03-13) (aged 68)
Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

Thomas Burnside (July 28, 1782 – March 25, 1851) was an American politician and judge who served as a

Democratic-Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1815 to 1816 and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
from 1845 until his death in 1851.

Early life and education

Thomas Burnside was born near Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, in the Kingdom of Ireland. He emigrated to the United States with his father’s family, who settled in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

Career

He was appointed deputy attorney general on January 12, 1809, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 1811 to 1814 and again from 1823 to 1826 when he also served as Speaker of the Senate.[1]

Burnside was elected as a

Germantown, Pennsylvania
.

Notes

  1. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Burnside Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved May 19, 2019.

References

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district

1815–1816
Succeeded by
Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by
Isaiah Graham
Member of the
Pennsylvania Senate, 13th district

1811-1812
Succeeded by
Jacob Alter
Preceded by
Jacob Alter
Member of the
Pennsylvania Senate, 13th district

1823-1826
Succeeded by
Henry Petrikin