Walter A. Burleigh
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Walter Atwood Burleigh (October 25, 1820 – March 7, 1896) was an American physician, lawyer, and pioneer. He represented the Dakota Territory as a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Walter was born in
Some
Burleigh was elected as a
On March 31, 1868, Burleigh
Burleigh was a member of the Dakota Territorial council in 1877, then worked as a contractor and in farming, and moved to Miles City, Montana 1879, where he practiced law.
He served as a member of the special session of the Montana Territorial council in 1887 and as a delegate to the convention that framed the constitution of Montana in 1889. He was a member of the first State House of Representatives, and served as prosecuting attorney of Custer County.
Burleigh returned to
References
- ^ Extracts from the Journal of the United States Senate In All Cases of Impeachment Presented By The United States House of Representatives (1798-1904). Washington Government Printing Office. 1912. p. 231.
External links
- United States Congress. "Walter A. Burleigh (id: B001108)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Walter A. Burleigh at Find a Grave
Report of the Special Joint Committee on the Condition of the Indian Tribes, 39th Congress, 2nd Session (1866–67), Senate Report No. 156, Serial 1279: 368–70. [Quoted in Colin G. Calloway, ed., Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost (Boston: Bedford, 1996), 97–100.]