Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "James Nelson Burnes (August 22, 1827 – January 23, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Marion County, Indiana, Burnes moved with his parents to Platte County, Missouri, in 1837.He attended the common schools.He graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1853.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Missouri.Attorney of the district of Missouri in 1856.He served as judge of the court of common pleas in 1868–1872.He engaged in banking and the construction of railroads.He served as president of the Missouri Valley Railroad Co..Principal owner and president of the St. Joseph Waterworks Co..Burnes was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death. Despite the small overlap, one of Burnes' few motions was defeated by the Presidential Veto of Ulysses S Grant.Had been reelected to the Fifty-first Congress, but died in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 1889, before the commencement of the congressional term.He was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri."@en }
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- James_N._Burnes abstract "James Nelson Burnes (August 22, 1827 – January 23, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Marion County, Indiana, Burnes moved with his parents to Platte County, Missouri, in 1837.He attended the common schools.He graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1853.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Missouri.Attorney of the district of Missouri in 1856.He served as judge of the court of common pleas in 1868–1872.He engaged in banking and the construction of railroads.He served as president of the Missouri Valley Railroad Co..Principal owner and president of the St. Joseph Waterworks Co..Burnes was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death. Despite the small overlap, one of Burnes' few motions was defeated by the Presidential Veto of Ulysses S Grant.Had been reelected to the Fifty-first Congress, but died in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 1889, before the commencement of the congressional term.He was interred in Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.".