Barker Burnell

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1841 - June 15, 1843
Preceded by John Reed, Jr.
Succeeded by John Z. Goodrich
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1838-1838
Preceded by David Joy
Succeeded by George Bruce Upton
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1825-1833
Preceded by Jethro Mitchell
Succeeded by David Joy
Personal details
Born January 30, 1798
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Died June 15, 1843
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.

Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Burnell served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1819. He served as member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1820. He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1824 and 1825. He 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. He was reinterred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 1844.

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