Hardin Burnley | |
Office: | Governor of Virginia (Acting) |
Term Start: | December 7, 1799 |
Term End: | December 11, 1799 |
Predecessor: | James Wood |
Successor: | John Pendleton, Jr. |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1761 |
Birth Place: | Orange County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
Death Place: | Hanover County, Virginia, U.S. |
Hardin Burnley (March 19, 1761March 11, 1809) was a Virginia lawyer and political figure who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and the Virginia Council of State. As President of the Council, Burnley was the acting Governor of Virginia for three days in 1799, pending the swearing in of James Monroe.[1]