George Burnham

George Burnham ( born December 28, 1868 in London, England; † June 28, 1939 in San Diego, California ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Burnham attended the public schools of his native England. In 1881 he emigrated with his parents to the United States, where the family first settled in Spring Valley (Minnesota). Since 1887, Burnham was living in Jackson, where he worked as Schuhverkäfer. In the years 1901 to 1903, he worked in Spokane (Washington) in the real estate industry as well as a rancher. He then moved to San Diego in California, where he again worked in the real estate industry until 1917. Subsequently he was employed in the banking industry. In 1909, he was among the organizers of the Panama - California Exposition in San Diego. From 1909 to 1916 he served as Vice President of this exhibition. In 1910 he was a member of Handeskommission, who traveled to China. In the years 1926 to 1932, he was also a member of two commissions Library in San Diego. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1932, Burnham was in the then newly established 20th electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1937 two legislative sessions. During this time, many of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which Burnham's party faced a rather negative. In the years 1935 and 1936 he was Vice President of the California Pacific International Exposition.

1936 renounced Burnham on another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he withdrew into retirement. He died on June 28, 1939 in San Diego.