Robert Burns was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New Hampshire

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Born in Hudson, New Hampshire

Hudson, New Hampshire

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, Burns moved with his parents in childhood to Rumney

Rumney, New Hampshire

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 in Grafton County

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. He studied medicine in Warren, New Hampshire

Warren, New Hampshire

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, taught school, then attended Dartmouth Medical School

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 in 1815. He returned to Warren and commenced the practice of medicine. He moved 20 miles south to Hebron

Hebron, New Hampshire

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 in 1818 and continued the practice of his profession until 1835. He became a fellow of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1824 and served as member of the New Hampshire Senate

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 in 1831.

Burns was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837). He continued the practice of medicine in Plymouth, New Hampshire

Plymouth, New Hampshire

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, until his death June 26, 1866. He was interred in the churchyard of Trinity Church

Trinity Church (Holderness, New Hampshire)

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, Holderness, New Hampshire

Holderness, New Hampshire

Holderness is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,108 at the 2010 census. An agricultural and resort area, Holderness is home to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and is located on Squam Lake...

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