James Nelson Burnes (August 22, 1827 – January 23, 1889) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Burnes moved with his parents to

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, in 1837. He attended the common schools. He graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1853. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Missouri. Attorney of the district of Missouri in 1856. He served as judge of the court of common pleas in 1868–1872. He engaged in banking and the construction of railroads. He served as president of the Missouri Valley Railroad Co.. Principal owner and president of the St. Joseph Waterworks Co.. Burnes was elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death. James N. Burnes had been reelected to the Fifty-first Congress, but died in

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, on January 23, 1889, before the commencement of the congressional term.

Charles F. Booher Charles Ferris Booher (January 31, 1848 – January 21, 1921) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academ ...

replaced the deceased James N. Burnes, who was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnes, James Nelson 1827 births 1889 deaths Harvard Law School alumni Missouri state court judges Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri 19th-century Missouri state court judges 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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