Silas M. Burroughs (politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Silas M. Burroughs

| image = Silas M. Burroughs.jpg

| state=New York

| district=31st

| party=Republican

| term_start=March 4, 1857

| term_end=June 3, 1860

| preceded=Thomas T. Flagler

| succeeded=Edwin R. Reynolds

| office2 = New York State Assembly

| term2 = 1837
1850-51
1853

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| birth_date={{birth date|1810|7|16}}

| birth_place= Ovid, New York

| death_date= {{Death date and age|1860|6|3|1810|7|16}}

| death_place=Medina, New York

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| occupation= Lawyer

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Silas Mainville Burroughs (July 16, 1810 – June 3, 1860) was a U.S. representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Ovid, New York, Burroughs completed a preparatory course. He moved to Medina, New York, in 1834. He became Village Clerk of Medina in 1835; and a village trustee in 1836, from 1839 to 1843, and from 1845 to 1847.{{Cite book |last=Grinnell |first=E.W. |title=Medina, Here's To Our Heritage |publisher=Medina Historical Society |pages=53–54}}

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and commenced practice in Medina. He was Village Attorney of Medina from 1845 to 1847. He was a brigadier general in the New York State Militia from 1848 to 1858.

Burroughs was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1837, 1850, 1851, and 1853.

He was elected as a Republican to the 35th and 36th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1857, until his death in Medina on June 3, 1860.

When Burroughs died, he was a widower with two young children, Silas Mainville Burroughs, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur, and Adeline. He was buried at the Boxwood Cemetery in Medina.