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The House of Burnett (Burnett, Burnette, Burnard, Bernard) is a Lowland and Border Scottish family composed of several branches. [ a ] The Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett is James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys.
Edward Burnett (March 16, 1849 – November 5, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Burnett attended St. Paul's School.He was graduated from St. Mark's School, Southboro, Massachusetts, which had been founded by his father Joseph Burnett in 1867 and from Harvard University in 1871.
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history. Three of those six were expelled in 1861 for joining the Confederate States of America. [2]
Burnett is the Conservative spokesperson for energy in the Scottish Parliament. [9] He sits on the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee of the Scottish Parliament. [10] At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election Burnett was re-elected for Aberdeenshire West with an increased majority of 3,390 votes as his vote share rose by 9.1% ...
This is a partial list of notable historical figures in U.S. national politics who were members of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office. Membership of the Klan is secret. Political opponents sometimes allege that a person was a member of the Klan, or was supported at the polls by Klan membe
This is a list of members of the House of Lords, ... Lord Burnett: 31 May 2006 Liberal Democrat Life peer Former MP for Torridge and West Devon from 1997 to 2005
Wisconsin's 7th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northwestern and central Wisconsin; it is the largest congressional district in the state geographically, covering 20 counties (in whole or part), for a total of 18,787 sq mi.
He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1860 to 1862. [1] Casey was elected as a Union Democrat to the 37th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of Henry C. Burnett and served as representative of Kentucky's 1st congressional district from March 10, 1862, to March 4, 1863. [1]