12 Facts About Jacob Burnet

Jacob Burnet was an American jurist and statesman from Ohio.

Jacob Burnet graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1791, studied law, moved to the Northwest Territory and settled in Cincinnati in 1796.

Jacob Burnet was a member of the Territorial councils of Ohio from 1799 to 1802 and served in the Ohio State House from 1814 to 1816.

Jacob Burnet was considered the "father of the Ohio constitution" and was an associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1821 until his resignation in 1828 to serve as United States Senator.

Jacob Burnet was elected to the US Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Henry Harrison.

Jacob Burnet served in the Senate from December 10,1828, to March 3,1831.

Jacob Burnet was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.

Jacob Burnet's "Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory" is a primary reference on the early Northwest.

Jacob Burnet resided in a mansion on the northwest corner of Seventh and Elm streets in Downtown Cincinnati.

Jacob Burnet died in Cincinnati on May 10,1853, aged 83.

Jacob Burnet is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Burnet's half-brother David G Burnet was the first president of the Republic of Texas.