Daniel D. Burnes Explained

Daniel D. Burnes
State:Missouri
Term Start:March 4, 1893
Term End:March 3, 1895
Predecessor:Robert P. C. Wilson
Successor:George C. Crowther
Birth Name:Daniel Dee Burnes
Birth Date:4 January 1851
Birth Place:Ringgold, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Resting Place:Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Saint Louis University
Harvard Law School
Saint Louis University
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Daniel Dee Burnes (January 4, 1851 – November 2, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Ringgold, Missouri, Burnes received his early schooling in Weston, Missouri.He graduated from St. Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1873 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1874.Later, he moved to Germany and studied at Heidelberg University.He returned to the United States and settled in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he engaged in the practice of law.

Burnes was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895).He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1894, and resumed the practice of law.He died on his estate, "Ayr Lawn," at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, November 2, 1899.He was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery.