{{Short description|American politician}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001114. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | name = Barker Burnell | image = | office1 = Member of the<br />[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br /> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1841 | term_end1 = June 15, 1843 | predecessor1 = [[John Reed Jr.]] | successor1 = [[Joseph Grinnell (politician)|Joseph Grinnell]] | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 11th congressional district|11th district]] (1841–1843)<br />[[Massachusetts's 10th congressional district|10th district]] (1843) | office2 = Member of the<br />[[Massachusetts Senate]]<br />Nantucket and Dukes County District | term_start2 = 1823 | term_end2 = 1823 | preceded2 = [[Walter Folger, Jr.]] | succeeded2 = [[Jethro Mitchell]] | term_start3 = 1825 | term_end3 = 1833 | preceded3 = [[Jethro Mitchell]] | succeeded3 = [[David Joy (Massachusetts)|David Joy]] | term_start4 = 1838 | term_end4 = 1838 | preceded4 = [[David Joy (Massachusetts)|David Joy]] | succeeded4 = [[George Bruce Upton]] | office5 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term5 = 1821–1822 | birth_date = January 30, 1798 | birth_place = [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]] | death_date = June 15, 1843 (aged 45) | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] | resting_place = Prospect Hill Cemetery, [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = | party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] }}

'''Barker Burnell''' (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was an American politician who was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]] for on term from 1841 to 1843.

==Biography== Burnell was born on January 30, 1798, in [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]].

=== Early career === Burnell was a member of the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821]].<ref name="ProNHS7-26-1911pg31">{{Citation |last=Starbuck |first=Alexander |title=''Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association'', SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven |date=July 26, 1911 |page=31 |location=[[Nantucket, Massachusetts]] |publisher=Nantucket Historical Association}}</ref> He served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1821–1822,<ref name=ProNHS7-26-1911pg31 /> and as a member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] in 1823,<ref name=ProNHS7-26-1911pg31 /> from 1825 to 1833,<ref name=ProNHS7-26-1911pg31 /> and in 1838.<ref name=ProNHS7-26-1911pg32>{{Citation |last=Starbuck |first=Alexander |title =''Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association,'' SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven|page=32 |publisher=Nantucket Historical Association |location=[[Nantucket, Massachusetts]] |date=July 26, 1911}}</ref>

=== Congress === Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840. He was elected as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] to the [[27th United States Congress|Twenty-seventh]] and [[28th United States Congress|Twenty-eighth]] Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in [[Washington, D.C.]], June 15, 1843.

=== Death and burial === He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]], in 1844.

==See also== *[[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)]]

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