Barker Burnell


Barker Burnell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Early life

Burnell was born on January 30, 1798 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

State Public service

Massachusetts General Court

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.

Massachusetts Constitutional convention of 1820

Burnell was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention of 1820.

Whig National Convention

Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840.

Member of the US Congress

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.

Burial

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1844.