Robert Henry Burnside (May 20, 1933 – August 2, 2021) was an American politician in the state of

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

. He served in the

South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections. Unlike many legislatures, seatin ...

as a member of the Democratic Party from 1971 to 1978, representing

Richland County, South Carolina Richland County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 416,147, making it the second-most populous county in South Carolina, behind only Greenville County. The county seat and larg ...

. He was a lawyer.

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1933 births 2021 deaths Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina lawyers Politicians from Columbia, South Carolina Lawyers from Columbia, South Carolina 20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub