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George Burnham (December 28, 1868 – June 28, 1939) was a
Burnham moved to San Diego in 1903 and continued to work in real estate with his brother John, until 1917 when he took up banking.
Burnham was active in public affairs.
Burnham was one of the organizers of the Panama-California Exposition in 1909, serving as vice president from 1909 to 1916.
He was also member of the Honorary Commercial Commission to China in 1910, member of the San Diego Library Commission 1926–1932, a member of the San Diego Scientific Library 1926–1932, and vice president of the California-Pacific International Exposition 1935–1936.
Burnham married Neva May Ashley on October 1, 1890, and they had six children, Harold, Percy, Helen, Laurence, Virginia, and Ben. After she died, he married Florence Kennett Dupee.
Biography
(San Diego Historical Society). Based on biography in Heilbron (above) * (U.S. Congress) {{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, George 1868 births 1939 deaths Businesspeople from San Diego Politicians from San Diego Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California English emigrants to the United States Burials at Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego) People from Spring Valley, Minnesota People from Jackson, Minnesota People from Spokane, Washington
banker
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and Republican
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politician
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from San Diego, California
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. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives
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from 1933 to 1937.
Biography
Burnham was born 1868 inLondon, England
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, to James and Maria Ann Burnham.
He immigrated in 1881 to the United States with his parents, who settled in Spring Valley, Minnesota
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Spring Valley was laid out in 1855, and named for a spring near the town site. A post office has been in operation at Spr ...
.
He attended public schools in London and Minnesota.
Burnham worked as a clerk 1884–1886, then moved to Jackson, Minnesota
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History
Jackson was originally called Springfield, and under the latter name was laid out in 1856. A post office calle ...
, in 1887 where he entered the retail shoe business.
In 1901 he moved to Spokane, Washington
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, and worked in real estate and ranching.
Burnham moved to San Diego in 1903 and continued to work in real estate with his brother John, until 1917 when he took up banking.
Burnham was active in public affairs.
Burnham was one of the organizers of the Panama-California Exposition in 1909, serving as vice president from 1909 to 1916.
He was also member of the Honorary Commercial Commission to China in 1910, member of the San Diego Library Commission 1926–1932, a member of the San Diego Scientific Library 1926–1932, and vice president of the California-Pacific International Exposition 1935–1936.
Burnham married Neva May Ashley on October 1, 1890, and they had six children, Harold, Percy, Helen, Laurence, Virginia, and Ben. After she died, he married Florence Kennett Dupee.
Congress
Burnham was elected to the 73rd Congress in 1932, and reelected in 1934, serving as Representative forImperial
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and San Diego
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counties.
He worked to expand Navy presence in San Diego.
In 1936, he drew up bills to add 365,000 acres (1460 km²) of federal land in the Carrizo and Vallecito areas to the newly created Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
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.
Later career and death
In 1936 he did not run again and retired in San Diego, where he lived until his death in 1939. Burnham is interred in the Greenwood Cathedral Mausoleum, in Greenwood Memorial Park.Further reading
* Biography, pp. 221–222; includes portrait.External links
Biography
(San Diego Historical Society). Based on biography in Heilbron (above) * (U.S. Congress) {{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, George 1868 births 1939 deaths Businesspeople from San Diego Politicians from San Diego Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California English emigrants to the United States Burials at Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego) People from Spring Valley, Minnesota People from Jackson, Minnesota People from Spokane, Washington