Barker Burnell
| Barker Burnell | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district |
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In office March 4, 1843 – June 15, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | Nathaniel B. Borden |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Grinnell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th district |
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In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | John Reed, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated until 1853 |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket and Dukes County District |
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In office 1838–1838 |
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| Preceded by | David Joy |
| Succeeded by | George Bruce Upton |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket and Dukes County District |
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In office 1825–1833 |
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| Preceded by | Jethro Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | David Joy |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket and Dukes County District |
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In office 1823–1823 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Folger, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jethro Mitchell |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office 1821-1822 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | January 30, 1798 Nantucket, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 15, 1843 (aged 45) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Whig |
Barker Burnell (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Burnell was born on January 30, 1798 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Burnell served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1821-1822, and as a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1823, from 1825 to 1833, and in 1838.
Burnell was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention of 1820.
Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840.
Burnell was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843.
He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1844.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
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