Thomas Burnside | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's9th district | |
| In office October 10, 1815 – April 1816 | |
| Preceded by | David Bard |
| Succeeded by | William Plunkett Maclay |
| Member of thePennsylvania Senate for the13th district | |
| In office 1811-1812 1823-1826 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1782-07-28)July 28, 1782 Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | March 13, 1851(1851-03-13) (aged 68) Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Thomas Burnside (July 28, 1782 – March 25, 1851) was an American politician and judge who served as aDemocratic-Republican member of theUnited States House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1815 to 1816 and as an associate justice of theSupreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1845 until his death in 1851.
Thomas Burnside was born nearNewtownstewart, County Tyrone, in theKingdom of Ireland. He emigrated to theUnited States with his father’s family, who settled inNorristown, Pennsylvania, in 1793. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice inBellefonte, Pennsylvania.
He was appointed deputyattorney general on January 12, 1809, and served in thePennsylvania State Senate for the13th district from 1811 to 1814 and again from 1823 to 1826 when he also served as Speaker of the Senate.[1]
Burnside was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to theFourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofDavid Bard and served until his resignation in April 1816. He was appointed president judge of the Luzerne district courts in 1815, and resigned in 1819. He was again a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and its presiding officer in 1823. He was president judge of the fourth judicial district from 1826 to 1841 and later presided in the same capacity over the seventh judicial district. He was appointed an associate justice of theSupreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1845, which office he held until his death inGermantown, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1815–1816 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Isaiah Graham | Member of thePennsylvania Senate,13th district 1811-1812 | Succeeded by Jacob Alter |
| Preceded by Jacob Alter | Member of thePennsylvania Senate,13th district 1823-1826 | Succeeded by Henry Petrikin |
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