Joseph H. Burrows Explained

Joseph H. Burrows
State:Missouri
Term Start:March 4, 1881
Term End:March 3, 1883
Predecessor:Gideon F. Rothwell
Successor:Martin L. Clardy
Office2:Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Term Start2:1878
Term End2:1880
Term Start3:1870
Term End3:1874
Birth Name:Joseph Henry Burrows
Birth Date:15 May 1840
Birth Place:Manchester, England
Death Place:Cainsville, Missouri, U.S.
Resting Place:Oak Lawn Cemetery
Party:Greenback
Profession:Politician

Joseph Henry Burrows (May 15, 1840 – April 28, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Manchester, England, Burrows immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Quincy, Illinois.He attended the common schools at Quincy, Illinois, and Keokuk, Iowa.He engaged in mercantile pursuits and later in agricultural pursuits.He moved to Cainsville, Missouri, in 1862.He was ordained as a minister in Cainsville in 1867.He served as member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1870–1874 and 1878–1880.

Burrows was elected as a Greenback to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883). During his term, one notable act was his appointment of John J. Pershing to the United States Military Academy.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.He resumed ministerial duties and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.He died in Cainsville, Missouri, April 28, 1914.He was interred in Oak Lawn Cemetery, near Cainsville.

Notes and References

  1. Shoemaker . Floyd C. . 1919 . Personal: Hon. Joseph H. Burrows . The Missouri Historical Review . XIII . Columbia, MO . State Historical Society of Missouri . 88 . Google Books.