Theodore Legrand Burnett Explained

Office:Member of the Confederate Congress
Term Start:1861
Term End:1865
Birth Date:14 November 1829
Birth Place:Spencer County, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting Place:Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
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Battles:Mexican–American War

Theodore Legrand Burnett (November 14, 1829 – October 30, 1917) was an American soldier, attorney, and a prominent politician in the Confederate States of America.

Burnett was born in Spencer County, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. He represented Kentucky from 1861 to 1865 in the Provisional Confederate Congress, the First Confederate Congress, and the Second Confederate Congress. Burnett Avenue in Louisville's Old Louisville neighborhood is named for him.

He is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky.

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