12 Facts About Lorenzo Burrows

Lorenzo Burrows was an American merchant, banker and politician.

Lorenzo Burrows attended the academies at Plainfield, Connecticut, and Westerly, Rhode Island.

Lorenzo Burrows was employed as a clerk until 1826 when he engaged in mercantile pursuits.

Lorenzo Burrows assisted in establishing the Bank of Albion in 1839 and served as cashier.

Lorenzo Burrows was Treasurer of Orleans County in 1840 and was Assignee in bankruptcy for Orleans County in 1841.

Lorenzo Burrows was Supervisor of the Town of Barre in 1845, and was elected as a Whig to the 31st and 32nd United States Congresses, serving from March 4,1849, to March 4,1853.

Lorenzo Burrows was eighteenth New York State Comptroller from 1856 to 1857, elected on the American Party ticket in 1855.

Lorenzo Burrows ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New York on the American Party ticket in 1858.

Lorenzo Burrows was director of the Niagara Falls International Bridge Co.

Lorenzo Burrows was chosen as a regent of New York University in 1858 and appointed one of the commissioners of Mount Albion Cemetery in 1862, serving in both of these capacities until his death in 1885.

Lorenzo Burrows's uncle Daniel Burrows was a United States Representative from Connecticut.

Lorenzo Burrows's brother Latham A Burrows was a New York State Senator.