Background
Burchard, Horatio Chapin was born on September 22, 1825 in Marshall, New York, United States. Son of Horatio and Frances (Chapin) Burchard.
Burchard, Horatio Chapin was born on September 22, 1825 in Marshall, New York, United States. Son of Horatio and Frances (Chapin) Burchard.
Graduate Hamilton College, New York, 1850, law course same, 1852.
Admitted to bar, 1852. Member Illinois legislature, 1863-1865. Member Congress, 6th Illinois district, 1869-1879.
Director of the mint, 1879-1885.
Member State Revenue Commission, 1886. In charge awards in mines and metallurgy, World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893.
Census supervisor, 1900. Author: Production of the Precious Metals in the United States, 1881.
Home: Freeport, Illinois.
Member Illinois legislature, 1863-1865. Member Congress, 6th Illinois district, 1869-1879. Member State Revenue Commission, 1886.
Married Jane Lawver, May 1860.