John Lawson Burnett was a United States. Representative from Alabama, United States.
Education
Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, Cave Spring, Georgia, and the local high school at Gaylesville, Alabama. He studied law and was graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
Studies and Early Politics
He was admitted to the bar in Cherokee County, Alabama, in 1876 and commenced practice in Gadsden. Burnett was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses).
On April 5, 1917, John Lawson Burnett was one of the 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany (World War I).
John L. Burnett died in Gadsden, Alabama, May 13, 1919 and was interred in Forest Cemetery.
Membership
He served in the State house of representatives in 1884 and as member of the State senate in 1886. He served as member of the United States Immigration Commission 1907-1910.