Background
Burnham was born on July 23, 1856 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Burnham was born on July 23, 1856 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
University of Notre Dame.
He attended the University of Notre Dame. Burnham was elected to the Assembly in 1896. Previously, he was Sheriff of Waukesha County, Wisconsin from 1889 to 1890.
He had been an unsuccessful candidate for the Assembly in 1884.
Burnham was a Republican.