Maurice Gwinn Burnside (August 23, 1902 – February 2, 1991) was a professor, tobacco warehouse manager, and

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from

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. Burnside was born near Columbia, Richland County,

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in 1902. He attended the public schools of South Carolina and attended

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from 1920 to 1922. Burnside graduated from

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in 1926, received his

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from the

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in 1928 and his

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in 1937. Burnside was an instructor for Greenville High School,

from 1931 to 1932. He was a member of the staff of

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, Durham, North Carolina from 1933 to 1935. He was an instructor at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University),

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from 1936 to 1937. Burnside was professor at

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from 1937 to 1948. He was a member of the Parole and Probation Examination Board of West Virginia from 1939 to 1941 and chairman of Workers Education for West Virginia from 1942 to 1945. Burnside was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953) and an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-third Congress in 1952. He was branch chief of the

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in 1953. Burnside was elected to the Eighty-fourth Congress (January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957) and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-fifth Congress in 1956. Burnside did not sign the 1956

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. He became a business executive and public advocate. He was a delegate to the

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and legislative liaison to the

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from 1961 to 1968. Burnside was an avid gardener and duplicate bridge player. He died in

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in 1991 and his remains were

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. He has a gravestone in Pilot Mountain, NC. Burnside, Maurice Gwinn
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''. Accessed November 28, 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnside, Maurice G. 1902 births 1991 deaths Politicians from Huntington, West Virginia The Citadel alumni Furman University alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni Auburn University faculty Marshall University faculty Duke University alumni Educators from South Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia 20th-century West Virginia politicians 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives