Barker Burnell (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was a

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from

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

Early life

Burnell was born on January 30, 1798, in

Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket () is an island about south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachuset ...

State Public service

Massachusetts General Court

Burnell served as member of the

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in 1821-1822, and as a member of the

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in 1823, from 1825 to 1833, and in 1838.

Massachusetts Constitutional convention of 1820

Burnell was a member of the Massachusetts

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of 1820.

Whig National Convention

Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840.

Member of the US Congress

Burnell was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843.

Burial

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery,

, in 1844.

References

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