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Burt was born in Albany, New York, the son of Thomas Burt and Lydia (Butts) Burt in 1830.
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Silas Burt
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President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed him Naval Officer of the Portuguese of New York in 1878 as a part of his efforts to reform the civil service structure there. After his term expired in 1883, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Burt to be Chief Examiner of the Civil Service System for the state of New New York President Grover Cleveland reappointed him Naval Officer in 1885.
He later served as Civil Service Commissioner of New York from 1895 to 1900.
