Lorenzo Burrows (March 15, 1805 – March 6, 1885) was an American merchant, banker and politician.

Lorenzo Burrows
18th New York State Comptroller
In office
January 1, 1856 – December 31, 1857
GovernorMyron H. Clark
John A. King
Preceded byJames M. Cook
Succeeded bySanford E. Church
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 34th congressional district
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byWashington Hunt
Succeeded byWalter L. Sessions
Personal details
BornMarch 15, 1805
Groton, Connecticut
DiedMarch 6, 1885 (age 79)
Albion, New York
Political partyKnow Nothing
Whig
ProfessionClerk, politician

Life

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He attended the academies at Plainfield, Connecticut, and Westerly, Rhode Island. He moved to New York and settled in Albion, N.Y., in 1824. He was employed as a clerk until 1826 when he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He assisted in establishing the Bank of Albion in 1839 and served as cashier. He was Treasurer of Orleans County in 1840 and was Assignee in bankruptcy for Orleans County in 1841. He was Supervisor of the Town of Barre in 1845, and was elected as a Whig to the 31st and 32nd United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1849, to March 4, 1853.

In August 1852, he declined to be appointed United States Postmaster General by President Millard Fillmore. Instead, Fillmore (a fellow New York Whig) chose Connecticut Whig Samuel Dickinson Hubbard.

He was eighteenth New York State Comptroller from 1856 to 1857, elected on the American Party ticket in 1855. He won 33.98% of the vote over the Republican, and the two Democrats.[1]

He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New York on the American Party ticket in 1858. Unlike three years previously, where he won with slightly over a third of the vote, he only narrowly got over ten percent this election while both the reunited Democratic Party and the recently established Republican Party both won over forty percent.[2]

He was director of the Niagara Falls International Bridge Co. He was chosen as a regent of New York University in 1858 and appointed one of the commissioners of Mount Albion Cemetery in 1862, serving in both of these capacities until his death in 1885. He was buried at Mount Albion.

His uncle Daniel Burrows was a United States Representative from Connecticut. His brother Latham A. Burrows was a New York State Senator. Both served in Congress or in the state legislature in the 1820s.

References

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - NY Comptroller Race - Nov 06, 1855".
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - NY Governor Race - Nov 02, 1858".

Sources

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Party political offices
Preceded by Know Nothing nominee for Governor of New York
1858
Succeeded by
None
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 34th congressional district

1849–1853
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by New York State Comptroller
1856–1857
Succeeded by