Walter Atwood Burleigh Biography

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BURLEIGH, Walter Atwood, a Delegate from the Territory of Dakota; born 
in Waterville, Maine, October 25, 1820; attended the public schools; 
served as a private in the Aroostook War in 1839; studied medicine in 
Burlington, Vt., and New York City, and commenced practice in Richmond, 
Maine; moved to Kittanning, Pa., in 1852; continued the practice of 
medicine and studued law; declined a foreign mission tendered by 
President Lincoln in 1861; Indian agent at Greenwood, Dak., 1861-1865; 
Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-
March 3, 1869); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the 
Forty-first Congress; member of the Dakota Territorial Council in 1877; 
engaged as a contractor and in agricultural pursuits; moved to Miles 
City, Mont., in 1879 and practiced law; member of the special session 
of the Montana Territorial Council in 1887; delegate to the State 
convention that framed the constitution of Montana in 1889; member of 
the first State house of representatives; prosecuting attorney of 
Custer County in 1889 and 1890; returned to South Dakota in 1893; 
served in the State senate in 1893; resumed the practice of law; died 
in Yankton, Yankton County S Dak., March 7, 1896; interment in Yankton 
Cemetery.