Albert G. Burr

Albert George Burr (* November 8, 1829 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York, † June 10, 1882 in Carrollton, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1830, Albert Burr and his mother moved to the vicinity of Springfield in Illinois. He attended the public schools of his new home and later taught for several years in Vandalia himself as a teacher. In 1850 he moved to Winchester, where he was engaged in trade. After studying law and his 1856 was admitted to the bar he began in Winchester to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1861 and 1864 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois. In 1868 he moved his residence and his law firm to Carrollton. In 1870 he was a member of a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Illinois.

In the congressional elections of 1866, Burr was in the tenth constituency of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Anthony Thornton on March 4, 1867. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1871 two legislative sessions. Until 1869, the work of the Congress was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

In 1870, Albert Burr gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer first again. Since 1877 he was a judge in the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois. He died on June 10, 1882 in Carrollton, where he was also buried.