Jean La Rue Burnett (January 10, 1871 – February 26, 1907) was an American lawyer and politician from

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He was born on January 10, 1871, in

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, the son of Perrine Burnett and Harriet E. (Rowley) Burnett. He graduated from

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in 1889, and

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from the

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in 1892. Then he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Canandaigua. He became the chief lieutenant of the local

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who took Burnett along to Albany. In 1897, Burnett was Chief of the Revision Room of the State Assembly. He was a member of the

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(Ontario Co.) in

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1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

and

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

; and was Chairman of the Committee on General Laws from 1900 to 1902, and Chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Cities from 1903 to 1907. He married Margaret Gillette, and they had two children: Margaret (born 1903), and Jean who was born on the day his father died. Burnett died during the legislative session on February 26, 1907, at the Ten Eyck Hotel in

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, from

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;''ASSEMBLYMAN BURNETT DEAD''
in the ''

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'' on February 27, 1907 and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Canandaigua.

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