John L. Burnett

John L. Burnett

John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 - May 13, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, Cave Spring, Georgia, and the local high school at Gaylesville, Alabama.He studied law and was graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.He was admitted to the bar in Cherokee County, Alabama, in 1876 and commenced practice in Gadsden.He served in the State house of representatives in 1884.He served as member of the State senate in 1886.

Burnett was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death.He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses).He served as member of the United States Immigration Commission 1907-1910.He died in Gadsden, Alabama, May 13, 1919.He was interred in Forest Cemetery.

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