Burnham Martin

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American politician (1811–1882)

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::summary American politician (1811–1882) ::

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FieldValue
nameBurnham Martin
office22nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
term_start1858
term_end1860
governorHiland Hall
predecessorJames M. Slade
successorLevi Underwood
office2Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County
term_start21866
term_end21868
predecessor2John B. Hutchinson, Samuel C. Clement
successor2Roswell Farnham, James Hutchinson Jr.
alongside2Hiram Barrett
office3Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chelsea
term_start31876
term_end31878
predecessor3Asa A. Goodwin
successor3Alvah Whitney
term_start41857
term_end41858
predecessor4Harry Lincoln
successor4William Hebard
office5Member of the Ohio Senate from Greene, Fayette, and Clinton Counties
term_start51845
term_end51847
predecessor5John M. Barrere
successor5Franklin Corwin
office6Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Adams, Highland, and Fayette Counties
term_start61843
term_end61844
predecessor6Abraham A. Lowman, John A. Smith
successor6Robert Dobbins
alongside6Hugh Means
birth_nameEbenezer Burnham Martin
birth_date
birth_placeWilliamstown, Vermont, U.S.
death_date
death_placeChelsea, Vermont, U.S.
resting_placeWest Hill Cemetery, Williamstown, Vermont, U.S.
partyRepublican
otherpartyWhig (before 1854)
spouseChristina Ann Brotts (m. 1834)
Sally Ann "Anna" (Smith) Bishop
children1
professionAttorney
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Early life

Burnham Martin was born in Williamstown, Vermont on August 10, 1811. He was trained as a saddler and worked in Saratoga Springs, New York and Fayette County, Ohio in the 1830s and 1840s, also teaching school and studying law. After attaining admission to the bar, Martin joined the Whigs and served as Fayette County State's Attorney from 1841 to 1843. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and he served in the Ohio Senate from 1845 to 1847.

Martin subsequently returned to Vermont. He settled in Chelsea, where he practiced law and farmed, also serving in local offices for most of his life, including Chelsea Justice of the Peace, Orange County State's Attorney from 1849 to 1850 and 1853, and County Clerk from 1857 to 1858.

Political career

In 1857 Martin represented Chelsea in the Vermont House of Representatives.

He was elected Lieutenant Governor as a Republican and served from 1858 to 1860.

Martin served in the Vermont Senate from 1866 to 1868.

From 1872 until his death he served as Chelsea's Town Clerk. From 1876 to 1878, Martin served again in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Later life

Martin was a member of the Bennington Battle Monument Commission and was active in the Orange County Agricultural Society, serving as its Secretary.

Death and burial

Burnham Martin died in Chelsea on November 17, 1882. He was buried in Williamstown's West Hill Cemetery.

Other

In 1867 at a speech at the agricultural fair in Tunbridge, Vermont, Martin described the event as a "little World's Fair". This name was soon adopted as the official name of the annual fair that is still held to this day. This event is recorded on a historical marker on the edge of the fairgrounds in Tunbridge.

Martin's first name appears variously as "Burnham" or "Burnam." It is spelled "Burnham" on his gravestone.

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References

References

  1. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7FcSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA266 One Thousand Men], by Vermont Historical Society, 1915, page 266
  2. [https://archive.org/stream/gazetteeroforang00chil#page/n111/mode/2up Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888], by Hamilton Child, pages 96 to 97
  3. [https://books.google.com/books?id=k2g1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA302 The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1904-1905], published by Springfield Publishing Company, 1905, page 302
  4. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9jUTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA284 Journal of the House of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1850, pages 284 to 285
  5. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8JAVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA244 The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge], published by Crosby, Nichols and Company, Boston, 1856, page 244
  6. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eJUbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA873 The Vermont Historical Gazetteer], edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Volume 2, 1871, page 873
  7. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UnYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA465 Vermont: The Green Mountain State], by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 3, 1921, page 465
  8. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1858, page 15
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  10. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_zhFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA336 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1867, page 4
  11. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Rt4GAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA68 Vermont Year Book], published by Claremont (N.H.) Manufacturing, 1877, page 68
  12. [https://books.google.com/books?id=swouAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA83 The Centennial History of the Battle of Bennington], published by George E. Littlefield, Boston, 1877, page 83
  13. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ev4OAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA127 Magazine article, Officers of Agricultural Societies], The New England Farmer, Volume 4, 1852, page 127
  14. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9GkUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA62 Star Almanac for 1882], published by New York Star newspaper, 1883, page 62
  15. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/11/18/102930532.pdf Death notice, Burnham Martin], New York Times, November 18, 1882
  16. [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2012/Corning%20NY%20Journal/Corning%20NY%20Journal%201881-1882%20Grayscale/Corning%20NY%20Journal%201881-1882%20Grayscale%20-%200401.pdf Death notice, Burnham Martin], Corning Journal newspaper, November 23, 1882
  17. Vermont Life magazine, by Vermont Agency of Development and Community Affairs, Volumes 29-30, 1974, page 6
  18. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cttfCycN_BoC&pg=PA7 The Tunbridge World's Fair], by Euclid Farnham, 2008, page 7

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