Henry Cornelius Burnett
Henry Cornelius Burnett was a U.S. Representative from the state of Kentucky and a Confederate States senator. A lawyer by profession, Burnett had held only one public officecircuit court clerkbefore being elected to Congress. He represented Kentuckys 1st congressional district immediately prior to the Civil War. This district contained the entire Jackson Purchase region of the state, which was more sympathetic to the Confederate cause than any other area of Kentucky. Burnett promised the voters of his district that he would have President Abraham Lincoln arraigned for treason. Unionist newspaper editor George D. Prentice described Burnett as a big, burly, loudmouthed fellow who is forever raising points of order and objections, to embarrass the Republicans in the House.
Henry Cornelius Burnett was born to Dr. Isaac and Martha F. Burnett on October 5, 1825, in Essex County, Virginia. In his early childhood, he moved to Cadiz, Kentucky, with his family. He was educated in the common schools of the area and at an academy in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Following this, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1847, and commenced practice at Cadiz. He was a member of the Cadiz Christian Church.
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