# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-cornelius-burnett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:13:20.984Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-cornelius-burnett"
name: "Henry Cornelius Burnett"
slug: "henry-cornelius-burnett"
description: "Henry Cornelius Burnett was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. From 1855 to 1861, Burnett served four terms in the United States House of Representatives. A lawyer by profession, Burnett had held only one public office—circuit court clerk—before being elected to Congress. He represented Kentucky's 1st congressional district immediately prior to the Civil War. This district contained the entire Jackson Purchase region of the state, which was more sympathetic to the Confederate cause than any other area of Kentucky. Burnett promised the voters of his district that he would have President Abraham Lincoln arraigned for treason. Unionist newspaper editor George D. Prentice described Burnett as \"a big, burly, loud-mouthed fellow who is forever raising points of order and objections, to embarrass the Republicans in the House\"."
tagline: "American politician (1825–1866)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_C._Burnett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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  isoCode: "US"
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1825-10-05"
deathDate: "1866-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump