# Barker Burnell

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Barker Burnell Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts In office March 4, 1841 – June 15, 1843 Preceded by John Reed Jr. Succeeded by Joseph Grinnell Constituency 11th district (1841–1843) 10th district (1843) Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket and Dukes County District In office 1823–1823 Preceded by Walter Folger, Jr. Succeeded by Jethro Mitchell In office 1825–1833 Preceded by Jethro Mitchell Succeeded by David Joy In office 1838–1838 Preceded by David Joy Succeeded by George Bruce Upton Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1821–1822 Personal details Born January 30, 1798 Nantucket, Massachusetts Died June 15, 1843 (aged 45) Washington, D.C. Resting place Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts Party Whig

**Barker Burnell** (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was an American politician who was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) for on term from 1841 to 1843.

## Biography

Burnell was born on January 30, 1798, in [Nantucket, Massachusetts](/source/Nantucket%2C_Massachusetts).

### Early career

Burnell was a member of the [Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821](/source/Massachusetts_Constitutional_Convention_of_1820%E2%80%931821).[1] He served as member of the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) in 1821–1822,[1] and as a member of the [Massachusetts Senate](/source/Massachusetts_Senate) in 1823,[1] from 1825 to 1833,[1] and in 1838.[2]

### Congress

Burnell served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1840. He was elected as a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) to the [Twenty-seventh](/source/27th_United_States_Congress) and [Twenty-eighth](/source/28th_United_States_Congress) Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), June 15, 1843.

### Death and burial

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery. Burnell was re-interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, [Nantucket, Massachusetts](/source/Nantucket%2C_Massachusetts), in 1844.

## See also

- [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ProNHS7-26-1911pg31_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ProNHS7-26-1911pg31_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ProNHS7-26-1911pg31_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ProNHS7-26-1911pg31_1-3) Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association*, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven*, [Nantucket, Massachusetts](/source/Nantucket%2C_Massachusetts): Nantucket Historical Association, p. 31

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ProNHS7-26-1911pg32_2-0)** Starbuck, Alexander (July 26, 1911), Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association,*SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, July Twenty-sixth, Nineteen Hundred Eleven*, [Nantucket, Massachusetts](/source/Nantucket%2C_Massachusetts): Nantucket Historical Association, p. 32

- United States Congress. ["Barker Burnell (id: B001114)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001114). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by John Reed, Jr. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 Succeeded by John Z. Goodrich Preceded by Nathaniel B. Borden Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district March 4, 1843 – June 15, 1843 Succeeded by Joseph Grinnell

This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States).

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