Daniel Dee Burnes

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Daniel Dee Burnes (January 4, 1851 - November 2, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Ringgold, Missouri, Burnes received his early schooling at Weston, Missouri. He was graduated from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1873 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1874. He went to Germany and studied at Heidelberg University. He returned to the United States and settled in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he engaged in the practice of law.

Burnes was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1894. He resumed the practice of law. He died on his estate, "Ayr Lawn," at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, November 2, 1899. He was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery.

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• Daniel Dee Burnes at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress