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'''Jacob Burnet''' (sometimes spelled '''Burnett'''<ref>[[#gilkey|Gilkey 1901]] : 131</ref>) (February 22, 1770{{spaced ndash}}May 10, 1853) was an [[United States|American]] jurist and statesman from [[Ohio]]. He served as a [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]].
'''Jacob Burnet''' (sometimes spelled '''Burnett'''<ref>[[#gilkey|Gilkey 1901]] : 131</ref>) (February 22, 1770{{spaced ndash}}May 10, 1853) was an American jurist and statesman from [[Ohio]]. He served as a [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Burnet was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]], the son of Dr. [[William Burnet (1730-1791)|William Burnet]]. He graduated from the [[Princeton University|College of New Jersey]] in 1791,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Milligan|first1=Fred|title=Ohio's Founding Fathers|date=2003|publisher=[[iUniverse]]|page=304|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0CGoZoKlKuAC&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=jacob+burnet++princeton+college&source=bl&ots=oyyCcHveSI&sig=PGpd0OdF9i13OcCcdqZ7Y9ma_RU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FQPIU4eNINiryATM44DoAg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=jacob%20burnet%20%20princeton%20college&f=false|accessdate=17 July 2014|isbn=0595750397
Burnet was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]], the son of Dr. [[William Burnet (1730-1791)|William Burnet]]. He graduated from the [[Princeton University|College of New Jersey]] in 1791,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Milligan|first1=Fred|title=Ohio's Founding Fathers|date=2003|publisher=[[iUniverse]]|page=304|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CGoZoKlKuAC&pg=PA304 |access-date=17 July 2014|isbn=0595750397
|oclc=53472872}}</ref> studied law, moved to the [[Northwest Territory]] and settled in [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] in 1796.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&dq=1880%20cincinnati&pg=PA377#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 1 | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | year=1904 | accessdate=2013-05-22 | author=Charles Theodore Greve | pages=377}}</ref> He was [[admitted to the bar]] in 1796.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Este|first1=David Kirkpatrick|title=Discourse on the Life and Public Services of the Late Jacob Burnet: Delivered at Smith and Nixon's Hall|date=1853|publisher=Press of the Cincinnati Gazette Company|page=4|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uvMuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=jacob+burnet+admitted+to+the+bar%5D%5D+in+1796.&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TQfIU6DxD-Xt8AHhuoGIDw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=jacob%20burnet%20admitted%20to%20the%20bar%5D%5D%20in%201796.&f=false|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref>
|oclc=53472872}}</ref> studied law, moved to the [[Northwest Territory]] and settled in [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]] in 1796.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eJxABLtxX60C&q=1880%20cincinnati&pg=PA377 | title=Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 1 | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | year=1904 | access-date=2013-05-22 | author=Charles Theodore Greve | pages=377}}</ref> He was [[admitted to the bar]] in 1796.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Este|first1=David Kirkpatrick|title=Discourse on the Life and Public Services of the Late Jacob Burnet: Delivered at Smith and Nixon's Hall|date=1853|publisher=Press of the Cincinnati Gazette Company|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uvMuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4 |access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
[[File:Judge Jacob Burnet - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|left|''Jacob Burnet'']]
[[File:Judge Jacob Burnet - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|left|''Jacob Burnet'']]
He was a member of the Territorial councils of Ohio from 1799–1802 and served in the [[Ohio State House]] from 1814–1816.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Milligan|first1=Fred|title=Ohio's Founding Fathers|date=2003|publisher=iUniverse|page=112|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0CGoZoKlKuAC&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=jacob+burnet++princeton+college&source=bl&ots=oyyCcHveSI&sig=PGpd0OdF9i13OcCcdqZ7Y9ma_RU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FQPIU4eNINiryATM44DoAg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=jacob%20burnet%20%20princeton%20college&f=false|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref> Burnet was considered the "father of the Ohio constitution" and was an associate justice on the [[Ohio Supreme Court]] from 1821 until his resignation in 1828 to serve as United States Senator.<ref>[[#gilkey|Gilkey 1901]] : 469</ref> He was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[William Henry Harrison]]. He served in the Senate from December 10, 1828, to March 3, 1831.<ref>{{cite book|last1=J. T. White Company|title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Volume 11|date=1901|publisher=J. T. White Company|page=155|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-t4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=jacob+burnet+u+s+senator&source=bl&ots=M4LEyqRmJY&sig=PxPkLQtwM0eMpQTjeIy6X2PtdHc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tgbIU8LcIOam8AHcnYGwDg&ved=0CGYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=jacob%20burnet%20u%20s%20senator&f=false|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref>
He was a member of the Territorial councils of Ohio from 1799 to 1802 and served in the [[Ohio State House]] from 1814 to 1816.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Milligan|first1=Fred|title=Ohio's Founding Fathers|date=2003|publisher=iUniverse|page=112|isbn=9780595293223|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CGoZoKlKuAC&pg=PA304 |access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref> Burnet was considered the "father of the Ohio constitution" and was an associate justice of the [[Ohio Supreme Court]] from 1821 until his resignation in 1828 to serve as United States Senator.<ref>[[#gilkey|Gilkey 1901]] : 469</ref> He was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[William Henry Harrison]]. He served in the Senate from December 10, 1828, to March 3, 1831.<ref>{{cite book|last1=J. T. White Company|title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Volume 11|date=1901|publisher=J. T. White Company|page=155|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-t4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA155 |access-date=17 July 2014}}</ref>


Burnet was elected a member of the [[American Antiquarian Society]] in 1815.<ref>[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistb American Antiquarian Society Members Directory]</ref>
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After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law and served as president of [[University of Cincinnati|Cincinnati College]] and the [[University of Toledo Medical Center|Medical College of Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Jacob_Burnet |title= Jacob Burnet |publisher=Ohio History Central|accessdate= July 17, 2014}}</ref> Burnet's ''"Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory"'' is a primary reference on the early Northwest.


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After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law and served as president of [[University of Cincinnati|Cincinnati College]] and the [[University of Toledo Medical Center|Medical College of Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Jacob_Burnet |title= Jacob Burnet |publisher=Ohio History Central|access-date= July 17, 2014}}</ref> Burnet's ''"Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory"'' is a primary reference on the early Northwest.
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He resided in a mansion on the northwest corner of Seventh and Elm streets in [[Downtown Cincinnati]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8T0WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Picturesque Cincinnati | publisher=John Shillito Company | year=1883 | pages=22}}</ref> Burnet died in Cincinnati on May 10, 1853, aged 83. He is interred in [[Spring Grove Cemetery]] in Cincinnati.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.springgrove.org/judge-jacob-burnet---section-22.aspx|title= Judge Jacob Burnet |publisher=The Spring Grove Family|accessdate= July 17, 2014}}</ref>

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He resided in a mansion on the northwest corner of Seventh and Elm streets in [[Downtown Cincinnati]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/picturesquecinci00daws | title=Picturesque Cincinnati | publisher=John Shillito Company | year=1883 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/picturesquecinci00daws/page/22 22]}}</ref> Burnet died in Cincinnati on May 10, 1853, aged 83. He is interred in [[Spring Grove Cemetery]] in Cincinnati.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.springgrove.org/judge-jacob-burnet---section-22.aspx|title= Judge Jacob Burnet |publisher=The Spring Grove Family|access-date= July 17, 2014}}</ref>


==Family life==
==Family life==
Burnet's half-brother [[David G. Burnet]] was the first president of the [[Republic of Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu46 |title= Burnet, David Gouverneur |publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate= July 17, 2014}}</ref>
Burnet's half-brother [[David G. Burnet]] was the first president of the [[Republic of Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu46 |title= Burnet, David Gouverneur |publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date= July 17, 2014}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
*{{cite book |title=The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... |publisher=State of Ohio |editor-first=Elliot Howard |editor-last=Gilkey |ref=gilkey |year=1901 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oUkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA131}}
*{{cite book |title=The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... |publisher=State of Ohio |editor-first=Elliot Howard |editor-last=Gilkey |ref=gilkey |year=1901 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA131}}
*{{cite book |title=Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory |first=Jacob |last=Burnet |page= |publisher=Derby, Bradley and Company |location=Cincinnati |year=1847 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2lgUAAAAYAAJ}}
*{{cite book |title=Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory |first=Jacob |last=Burnet |publisher=Derby, Bradley and Company |location=Cincinnati |year=1847 |url=https://archive.org/details/notesonearlyset00burngoog}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{CongBio|B001117}}
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*{{Find a Grave|5084}}
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Burnet&GSfn=Jacob+&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=5084& Find-a-grave Jacob Burnet]
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001117 Congressional Biography]
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001117 Congressional Biography]


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Revision as of 02:34, 21 December 2023

Jacob Burnet
United States Senator
from Ohio
In office
December 10, 1828 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byWilliam Henry Harrison
Succeeded byThomas Ewing
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
In office
1821 – December 11, 1828
Appointed byEthan Allen Brown
Preceded byJessup Nash Couch
Succeeded byJoshua Collett
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Hamilton County
In office
1814–1816
Preceded byPeter Bell
Ephraim Brown
Zebulon Foster
Succeeded byArthur Henry
Daniel Hosbrook
Benjamin M. Platt
Personal details
Born(1770-02-22)February 22, 1770
Newark, New Jersey
DiedMay 10, 1853(1853-05-10) (aged 83)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, Ohio
Political partyAdams
Anti-Jacksonian
RelationsDavid G. Burnet
ParentWilliam Burnet
Alma materCollege of New Jersey
Signature

Jacob Burnet (sometimes spelled Burnett[1]) (February 22, 1770 – May 10, 1853) was an American jurist and statesman from Ohio. He served as a U.S. Senator.

Early life

Burnet was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Dr. William Burnet. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1791,[2] studied law, moved to the Northwest Territory and settled in Cincinnati in 1796.[3] He was admitted to the bar in 1796.[4]

Political career

Jacob Burnet

He was a member of the Territorial councils of Ohio from 1799 to 1802 and served in the Ohio State House from 1814 to 1816.[5] Burnet was considered the "father of the Ohio constitution" and was an associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1821 until his resignation in 1828 to serve as United States Senator.[6] He was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Henry Harrison. He served in the Senate from December 10, 1828, to March 3, 1831.[7]

Burnet was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.[8]

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law and served as president of Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio.[9] Burnet's "Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory" is a primary reference on the early Northwest.

He resided in a mansion on the northwest corner of Seventh and Elm streets in Downtown Cincinnati.[10] Burnet died in Cincinnati on May 10, 1853, aged 83. He is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[11]

Family life

Burnet's half-brother David G. Burnet was the first president of the Republic of Texas.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Gilkey 1901 : 131
  2. ^ Milligan, Fred (2003). Ohio's Founding Fathers. iUniverse. p. 304. ISBN 0595750397. OCLC 53472872. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  3. ^ Charles Theodore Greve (1904). Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Volume 1. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 377. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Este, David Kirkpatrick (1853). Discourse on the Life and Public Services of the Late Jacob Burnet: Delivered at Smith and Nixon's Hall. Press of the Cincinnati Gazette Company. p. 4. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  5. ^ Milligan, Fred (2003). Ohio's Founding Fathers. iUniverse. p. 112. ISBN 9780595293223. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  6. ^ Gilkey 1901 : 469
  7. ^ J. T. White Company (1901). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time, Volume 11. J. T. White Company. p. 155. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  8. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
  9. ^ "Jacob Burnet". Ohio History Central. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  10. ^ Picturesque Cincinnati. John Shillito Company. 1883. pp. 22.
  11. ^ "Judge Jacob Burnet". The Spring Grove Family. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  12. ^ "Burnet, David Gouverneur". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved July 17, 2014.

References

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