Jean L. Burnett
Jean La Rue Burnett (January 10, 1871 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York – February 26, 1907 in Albany, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Perrine Burnett and Harriet E. (Rowley) Burnett. He graduated from Canandaigua Academy in 1889, and LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1892. Then he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Canandaigua.
He became the chief lieutenant of the local Republican boss John Raines who took Burnett along to Albany. In 1897, Burnett was Chief of the Revision Room of the State Assembly. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Ontario Co.) in 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907; and was Chairman of the Committee on General Laws from 1900 to 1902, and Chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Cities from 1903 to 1907.
He married Margaret Gillette, and they had two children: Margaret (born 1903), and Jean who was born on the day his father died.
Burnett died during the legislative session on February 26, 1907, at the Ten Eyck Hotel in Albany, New York, from pneumonia; and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua.
Sources
- Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 341f, 344, 346f, 349, 351f and 354)
- The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897)
- The New York Red Book by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 113f)
- ASSEMBLYMAN BURNETT DEAD in NYT on February 27, 1907
External links
- Jean L. Burnett at Find a Grave
- His "student profile" at University of Michigan Law School
| New York Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by Robert B. Simmons |
New York State Assembly Ontario County 1899–1907 |
Succeeded by George B. Hemenway |