Background
Burdick was born January 19, 1823 in Rockville, Rhode Island, son of Alpheus and Abigail (Vincent) Burdick.
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Burrows Burdick
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He studied medicine under Doctor John Hartshorn of Alfred (who was also a trustee of the Academy), and graduated in 1849 from the University Medical College of New York University.
Career
He taught school in Little Genesee, New York before becoming a student at the Alfred Academy and Teachers Seminary in 1844. He would later marry Caroline F. ( Sheldon ) Olney of Coventry, Rhode Island, with whom he would have three children. He was appointed to the standing committees on medical societies and medical colleges, and on privileges and elections.
He was not a candidate for re-election, and was succeeded by John T. Dow, also of the Union Party.
Burrows Burdick died June 30, 1899 at his home in Stoughton, Wisconsin.
Membership
In 1865, he was elected from the 2nd Rock County Assembly district (the Towns of Fulton, Harmony, Lima and Milton), succeeding Solomon Carr who was, like himself, a member of the Union Party or National Union Party, as the Republican Party was calling itself at that time.
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Political Party
National Union Party