Daniel D. Burnes

{{Short description|American politician and lawyer (1851–1899)}} {{infobox officeholder | image = Daniel D. Burnes.jpg | caption = Portrait of Burnes by Charles Milton Bell, taken between February 1894 and February 1901 | state = Missouri | district = {{ushr|MO|4|4th}} | term_start = March 4, 1893 | term_end = March 3, 1895 | predecessor = Robert P. C. Wilson | successor = George C. Crowther | birth_name = Daniel Dee Burnes | birth_date = {{birth date|1851|1|4}} | birth_place = Ringgold, Missouri, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1899|11|2|1851|1|4}} | death_place = St. Joseph, Missouri, US | resting_place = Mount Mora Cemetery | party = Democratic | relations = James N. Burnes (father){{br}}Luther Martin Kennett (grandfather-in-law) | alma_mater = Saint Louis University<br>Harvard Law School<br>Saint Louis University | profession = Politician, lawyer }}

'''Daniel Dee Burnes''' (January 4, 1851 – November 2, 1899) was an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri.

== Biography == Burnes was born on January 4, 1851, in Ringgold, Platte County, Missouri. He was the eldest son of politician James N. Burnes and Mary (née Skinner) Burnes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=3 November 1899 |title=D. D. Burnes Died Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/559448402/?match=1&terms=Daniel%20D.%20Burnes |access-date=2026-04-30 |work=St. Joseph News-Press |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Burnes-Kennett family of St. Joseph, Missouri |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/22908.html |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=politicalgraveyard.com}}</ref> He was educated at public schools in Weston, Missouri.<ref name=":3" /> He later graduated from St. Louis University and the Harvard Law School, in 1873 to 1874, respectively. He studied at Heidelberg University in Germany for a time. He returned to the United States, settling in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he practiced law.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Burnes, Daniel Dee |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001115 |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref> He was a member of the law firm Woodson, Green & Burnes; "Woodson" was Silas Woodson, who later became Governor of Missouri.<ref name=":3" />

Burnes was a Democrat. He served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1895, representing Missouri's 4th district. He refused to run for the following election.<ref name=":1" />

After serving in Congress, Burnes returned to practicing law.<ref name=":1" /> He was a member of the Knights of Pythias.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 1899 |title=Attention Knights of Pythias |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229725603/?match=1&terms=Daniel%20D.%20Burnes |access-date=2026-04-30 |work=St. Joseph Gazette |pages=3}}</ref> He died on November 2, 1899, aged 48,<ref name=":1" /> from illness of the kidney and liver. He died at his property named "Ayr Lawn", a mile south of St. Joseph.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 1899 |title=Hon. D. D. Burnes No More |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246217384/?match=1&terms=Daniel%20D.%20Burnes |access-date=2026-04-30 |work=The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette |pages=1}}</ref> He was buried at Mount Mora Cemetery.<ref name=":1" /> On May 17, 1887, he married Martha Swearingen Farrar (died 1886<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=19 September 1904 |title=Decision Rendered in the Burnes Case |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/559277234/?match=1&terms=Daniel%20D.%20Burnes |access-date=2026-04-30 |work=St. Joseph News-Press |pages=5}}</ref>), the granddaughter of politician Luther Martin Kennett.<ref name=":0" /> They had four children together. Following his death, an inheritance case between his children ensued in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Circuit_Courts_of_Appeals/SuxNAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daniel+D.+Burnes&pg=PA360&printsec=frontcover |title=United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports: With Key-number Annotations ... V. 1-171 [1891-1919]. |date=1906 |publisher=West |pages=360 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Missouri | district=4 | before=Robert P. C. Wilson | after=George C. Crowther | years=1893–1895}} {{s-end}}

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