Background
Burton was born in Lewes, Delaware. His mother was Ruth Hunn Rodney.
United States representative politician
Burton was born in Lewes, Delaware. His mother was Ruth Hunn Rodney.
He attended Saint Peter’s Academy at Lewes, taught for two years in the schools in Sussex County, and engaged in the dry goods business in Washington, District of Columbia Burton graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1868 and practiced medicine in Frankfort, Delaware from 1868 until 1872, when he moved back to Lewes.
From 1862 until 1865. From 1877 until 1888, Burton was the deputy collector of customs for the port of Lewes, and was acting assistant surgeon in the United States Marine Hospital Service from 1890 until 1893. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the State Senate in 1898, and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896, 1900, and 1908;
During these terms, he served in the Republican majority in the 59th and 60th Congress.
He served two terms, from March 4, 1905 until March 3, 1909.
This was during the administration of United States. President Theodore Roosevelt. Subsequently, he resumed the practice of medicine in Lewes.
Burton died at Lewes, and is buried in the Saint Paul"s Episcopal Churchyard at Georgetown. His home at Lewes is owned by the Lewes Historical Society and is open to the public.
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United States. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two-year term. Hiram Rodney Burton House
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He sought re-election in 1908, but could not get his party’s nomination.
He was a member of the Republican Party, who served two terms as United States Representative from Delaware.