Education
He attended the common schools. He graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1853.
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Career
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Missouri. Attorney of the district of Missouri in 1856. He served as judge of the court of common pleas in 1868–1872.
He engaged in banking and the construction of railroads.
He served as president of the Missouri Valley Railroad Company Principal owner and president of the Saint Joseph Waterworks Company
Burnes was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death. Despite the small overlap, one of Burnes" few motions was defeated by the Presidential Veto of Ulysses South Grant.
Had been reelected to the Fifty-first Congress, but died in Washington, District of Columbia on January 23, 1889, before the commencement of the congressional term.
He was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
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Democratic party