John L. Burnett
| John Lawson Burnett | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1899 – May 13, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | Milford W. Howard |
| Succeeded by | Lilius B. Rainey |
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January 20, 1854 Cedar Bluff, Alabama |
| Died | May 13, 1919 (aged 65) Gadsden, Alabama |
John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, United States.
Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, Cave Spring, Georgia, and the local high school at Gaylesville, Alabama.
He studied law and was graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
He was admitted to the bar in Cherokee County, Alabama, in 1876 and commenced practice in Gadsden. He served in the State house of representatives in 1884 and as member of the State senate in 1886.
Burnett was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses). On April 5, 1917, John Lawson Burnett was one of the 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany (World War I).
He served as member of the United States Immigration Commission 1907-1910.
John L. Burnett died in Gadsden, Alabama, May 13, 1919 and was interred in Forest Cemetery.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
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