Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a

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and a

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from the

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Early life and education

Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to

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. He attended district school, Kingsville Academy, and

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in Austinburg, Ohio. He studied law and was admitted to the

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in 1859. He moved to

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in 1860. He was principal of the Richland Seminary and commenced the practice of law in nearby

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in 1861.

Military and legal careers

Burrows raised an infantry company in 1862 to fight in the

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and served as its captain until the fall of 1863. He was elected circuit court commissioner in 1864 and was prosecuting attorney for

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1866-1870. He declined appointment as supervisor of internal revenue for Michigan and Wisconsin in 1868.

Political life

In 1872, Burrows was elected as a Republican from

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to the U.S. House of Representatives for the

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, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. He was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Burrows was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874, but was subsequently elected to the 46th and 47th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1883. He was chairman of the Committee on Territories in the 47th Congress. Burrows is sometimes cited as a contributing factor in why

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was delayed in achieving statehood. In an 1876 debate, Burrows, an admired orator, spoke forcefully in favor of a bill intended to protect the civil rights of freed black slaves. Stephen B. Elkins, the New Mexico Territory Delegate to Congress, arrived late, just as Burrows was finishing. Unaware of the full import of Burrows' speech, Elkins shook his colleague's hand in congratulations, a gesture that many southern congressmen interpreted as support for the civil rights legislation. As a result, Elkin's handshake with Burrows is blamed for costing New Mexico several Southern Democratic votes which had been needed to achieve statehood. While Colorado achieved statehood in 1876, New Mexico remained a territory for another 36 years. Burrows was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882. He won re-election in 1884 to the

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, and subsequently to the five succeeding Congresses. He represented Michigan's 4th district from March 4, 1885 until March 3, 1893 and the 3rd district from March 4, 1893 until his resignation on January 23, 1895, having been elected

. He was chairman of the Committee on Levees and Improvements of Mississippi River in the 51st Congress. Burrows was elected as a Republican to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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and was reelected in 1899 and 1905, serving from January 24, 1895 to March 3, 1911. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910. He was chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws of the United States in the 54th through 56th Congresses and of the Committee on Privileges and Elections in the 57th through 61st Congresses. He also served on the

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which investigated war crimes in the

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. He was on the imperialist faction''Imperialist'' is a term to differentiate those who supported the Philippine–American War as opposed to ''Anti-Imperialists'' who were against the war. The origin of the two terms comes from the formation of the now defunct Anti-Imperialist League, a group opposed to the annexation and/or invasion of several countries by America between 1898 and 1921. Today it is a common term of historians to use the term ''Imperialist'' and ''Anti-Imperialists'' to differentiate the differences between the two groups. See ''Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines from 1899 to 1903'',

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, (Yale University Press, 1982) for an excellent example of this phenomenon throughout the entire book. led by

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in support of the Philippine–American War. He was also a member of the

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and its vice chairman 1908-1912. After this, Burrows retired from active business pursuits and political life. He died in Kalamazoo and is interred in Mountain Home Cemetery there.

Bibliography

*''American National Biography'' *''Dictionary of American Biography'' *Holsinger, M. Paul. "J.C. Burrows and the Fight Against Mormonism from 1903 to 1907." ''Michigan History'' 52 (Fall 1968): 181-95 * Orcutt, Dana. ''Burrows of Michigan and the Republican Party.'' New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1917. vol
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