succeeded death_date death_place birth_place jr/sr party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name alma_mater
henry f. hollis 8 february 1917 manchester , new hampshire dunbarton , new hampshire united states senator republican march 4 , 1913 william e. chandler 8 november 1844 march 4 , 1901 henryburham.jpg henry e. burnham
 new hampshire henry eben burnham dartmouth college
henry e. burnham

henry eben burnham -lrb- november 8 , 1844february 8 , 1917 -rrb- was a united states senator from new hampshire .
born in dunbarton , new hampshire , he attended the public schools and kimball union academy .
he graduated from dartmouth college in 1865 , studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in manchester .
he engaged in banking and insurance and was member of the new hampshire house of representatives in 1873-1874 , was treasurer of hillsborough county from 1875 to 1877 , was judge of probate for hillsborough county from 1876 to 1879 , and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1889 .
he was chairman of the republican state convention in 1888 , served as a ballot-law commissioner from 1892 to 1900 , and was elected as a republican to the u.s. senate in 1901 .
burnham was reelected to the senate in 1907 and served from march 4 , 1901 , to march 4 , 1913 ; he was not a candidate for reelection .
while in the senate he was chairman of the committee on cuban relations -lrb- fifty-eighth through sixtieth congresses -rrb- and a member of the committee on claims -lrb- sixty-first congress -rrb- and the committee on agriculture and forestry -lrb- sixty-second congress -rrb- .
he resumed the practice of law and died in manchester , 1917 ; interment was in pine grove cemetery .
