Daniel Burrows

{{Short description|American politician (1766–1858)}} {{for|another person|Daniel L. Burrows}} {{no footnotes|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Daniel Burrows | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state = Connecticut | district = at-large | term_start = March 4, 1821 | term_end = March 4, 1823 | predecessor = Samuel A. Foot | successor = Samuel A. Foot | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1766|09|26}} | birth_place = Fort Hill, Connecticut | death_date = {{Death date and age|1858|01|23|1766|09|26}} | death_place = Mystic, Connecticut | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Democratic-Republican | other_party =  | height =  | spouse = | partner =  | relations = | children = | parents =  | mother =  | father =  | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth =  | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards =  | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards =  | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 =  | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }} '''Daniel Burrows''' (October 26, 1766 – January 23, 1858) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was the uncle of Lorenzo Burrows who was a United States representative from New York.

He was born at Fort Hill, Connecticut where he pursued preparatory studies. He engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons (also known as a wainwright) at New London. Later, he studied theology and was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Church.

Burrows was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1816–1820 and in 1826 and served as a delegate to the Connecticut constitutional convention in 1818. He was one of the commissioners to establish the boundary line between the States of Connecticut and Massachusetts. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1822. After leaving Congress, he became a resident of Middletown 1823–1854. He was a surveyor and inspector of customs for the port of Middletown 1823–1847. He died in Mystic in 1858 and was buried in Elm Grove Cemetery.

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