James Burrill Jr.

James Burrill Jr.
from a portrait miniature by Edward Greene Malbone
United States Senator from Rhode Island
In office March 4, 1817 – December 25, 1820
Preceded by	Jeremiah B. Howell
Succeeded by	Nehemiah R. Knight
31st Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
In office 1816–1817
Preceded by	Daniel Lyman
Succeeded by	Tristam Burges
45th Attorney General of Rhode Island
In office 1797–1814
Governor	Arthur Fenner Henry Smith Isaac Wilbour James Fenner William Jones
Preceded by	Ray Greene
Succeeded by	Samuel W. Bridgham
Personal details
Born	(1772-04-25)April 25, 1772 Providence, Rhode Island
Died	December 25, 1820(1820-12-25) (aged 48) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Federalist
Alma mater	Brown University 1788

James Burrill Jr. (April 25, 1772 – December 25, 1820) was a Federalist-party United States senator representing the state of Rhode Island. He served in the Senate from 1817 until 1820, and was previously the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in 1816 and 1817 and the state's attorney general from 1797 to 1814. He graduated from the College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the former name of Brown University) at Providence in 1788. In 1797, he was an unsuccessful candidate in a special election for Congress.

Burrill was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.

The town of Burrillville, Rhode Island, is named for him. His grandson is the American writer and public speaker, George William Curtis.

Burrill died of tuberculosis in Washington, D.C., on December 25, 1820. He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

Further reading

• Allen, Zachariah (1875), "Memoir of James Burrill, Esq.", Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, pp. 16–20

External links

• United States Congress. "James Burrill Jr. (id: B001137)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.