Burnham Martin

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Burnham Martin

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|office = 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

|term_start = 1858

|term_end = 1860

|predecessor = James M. Slade

|successor = Levi Underwood

|office2 = Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County

|term_start2 = 1866

|term_end2 = 1868

|predecessor2 = John B. Hutchinson, Samuel C. Clement

|successor2 = Roswell Farnham, James Hutchinson Jr.

|alongside2 = Hiram Barrett

|office3 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chelsea

|term_start3 = 1876

|term_end3 = 1878

|predecessor3 = Asa A. Goodwin

|successor3 = Alvah Whitney

|term_start4 = 1857

|term_end4 = 1858

|predecessor4 = Harry Lincoln

|successor4 = William Hebard

|office5 = Member of the Ohio Senate from Greene, Fayette, and Clinton Counties

|term_start5 = 1845

|term_end5 = 1847

|predecessor5 = John M. Barrere

|successor5 = Franklin Corwin

|office6 = Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Adams, Highland, and Fayette Counties

|term_start6 = 1843

|term_end6 = 1844

|predecessor6 = Abraham A. Lowman, John A. Smith

|successor6 = Robert Dobbins

|alongside6 = Hugh Means

|birth_name = Ebenezer Burnham Martin

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1811|8|10}}

|birth_place = Williamstown, Vermont, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1882|11|17|1811|8|10}}

|death_place = Chelsea, Vermont, U.S.

|resting_place = West Hill Cemetery, Williamstown, Vermont, U.S.

|party = Republican

|otherparty = Whig (before 1854)

|spouse = Christina Ann Brotts (m. 1834)
Sally Ann "Anna" (Smith) Bishop

|children = 1

|education =

|profession = Attorney

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Burnham Martin (August 10, 1811 – November 17, 1882) was a Vermont lawyer, farmer and politician who served as the 22nd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1858 to 1860.

Early life

Burnham Martin was born in Williamstown, Vermont on August 10, 1811.[https://books.google.com/books?id=7FcSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA266 One Thousand Men], by Vermont Historical Society, 1915, page 266 He was trained as a saddler and worked in Saratoga Springs, New York and Fayette County, Ohio in the 1830s and 1840s, also teaching school and studying law. After attaining admission to the bar, Martin joined the Whigs and served as Fayette County State's Attorney from 1841 to 1843. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and he served in the Ohio Senate from 1845 to 1847.[https://archive.org/stream/gazetteeroforang00chil#page/n111/mode/2up Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888], by Hamilton Child, pages 96 to 97[https://books.google.com/books?id=k2g1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA302 The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1904-1905], published by Springfield Publishing Company, 1905, page 302

Martin subsequently returned to Vermont. He settled in Chelsea, where he practiced law and farmed, also serving in local offices for most of his life, including Chelsea Justice of the Peace, Orange County State's Attorney from 1849 to 1850 and 1853, and County Clerk from 1857 to 1858.[https://books.google.com/books?id=9jUTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA284 Journal of the House of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1850, pages 284 to 285[https://books.google.com/books?id=8JAVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA244 The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge], published by Crosby, Nichols and Company, Boston, 1856, page 244

Political career

In 1857 Martin represented Chelsea in the Vermont House of Representatives.[https://books.google.com/books?id=eJUbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA873 The Vermont Historical Gazetteer], edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Volume 2, 1871, page 873

He was elected Lieutenant Governor as a Republican and served from 1858 to 1860.[https://books.google.com/books?id=UnYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA465 Vermont: The Green Mountain State], by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 3, 1921, page 465[https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1858, page 15{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011635/http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/elect/results1/pdf/stoff2ltgov.pdf General Election results, Vermont Lieutenant Governor, 1813-2011]}}, by Vermont Secretary of State, State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 10

Martin served in the Vermont Senate from 1866 to 1868.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_zhFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA336 Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1867, page 4

From 1872 until his death he served as Chelsea's Town Clerk.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Rt4GAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA68 Vermont Year Book], published by Claremont (N.H.) Manufacturing, 1877, page 68 From 1876 to 1878, Martin served again in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Later life

Martin was a member of the Bennington Battle Monument Commission and was active in the Orange County Agricultural Society, serving as its Secretary.[https://books.google.com/books?id=swouAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA83 The Centennial History of the Battle of Bennington], published by George E. Littlefield, Boston, 1877, page 83[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ev4OAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA127 Magazine article, Officers of Agricultural Societies], The New England Farmer, Volume 4, 1852, page 127

Death and burial

Burnham Martin died in Chelsea on November 17, 1882.[https://books.google.com/books?id=9GkUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA62 Star Almanac for 1882], published by New York Star newspaper, 1883, page 62[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/11/18/102930532.pdf Death notice, Burnham Martin], New York Times, November 18, 1882[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2012/Corning%20NY%20Journal/Corning%20NY%20Journal%201881-1882%20Grayscale/Corning%20NY%20Journal%201881-1882%20Grayscale%20-%200401.pdf Death notice, Burnham Martin], Corning Journal newspaper, November 23, 1882 He was buried in Williamstown's West Hill Cemetery.

Other

In 1867 at a speech at the agricultural fair in Tunbridge, Vermont, Martin described the event as a "little World's Fair". This name was soon adopted as the official name of the annual fair that is still held to this day. This event is recorded on a historical marker on the edge of the fairgrounds in Tunbridge.Vermont Life magazine, by Vermont Agency of Development and Community Affairs, Volumes 29-30, 1974, page 6[https://books.google.com/books?id=cttfCycN_BoC&pg=PA7 The Tunbridge World's Fair], by Euclid Farnham, 2008, page 7

Martin's first name appears variously as "Burnham" or "Burnam." It is spelled "Burnham" on his gravestone.