Burlingame

Burlingame, Anson, was born in Chenango county, New York, in 1822, and practised law at Boston. In 1854, '56, and '58 he was sent to Congress on the Republican ticket by one of the divisions of Massachusetts, and he supported Fremont in his unsuccessful presidential struggle against Buchanan. In 1861 he was appointed representative of the United States in China, and entering the Chinese service was ambassador of that country in America and in Europe until his death in 1870.