Henry E. Burnham

Henry Eben Burnham ( born November 8, 1844 in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire; † February 8, 1917 in Manchester, New Hampshire ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.

Henry Burnham attended as a boy, the public schools and Kimball Union Academy, a private school in Meriden. He graduated in 1865 from Dartmouth College, studied law afterwards, was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Manchester. Moreover, he worked in the banking and insurance sectors.

His first public mandate took over Burnham in 1873 as a deputy in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire, where he remained for a year. After that, he was from 1875 to 1877 Treasurer of Hillsborough County, where he also served as executor Judge 1876-1879. In 1888 he was chairman of the State Congress of the Republicans, the following year he took part in the Constitutional Convention of New Hampshire. From 1892 to 1900 he sat in an election Rights Commission of the State.

Finally, in 1901 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where Burnham exercising his mandate from March 4 of this year. In 1907 he was confirmed in office, six years later, he did not stand for re- election. During his time in the Senate, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Relations with Cuba. After the end of his political career Burnham again worked as a lawyer in New Hampshire.