About John Burns
Born 1840. John Burns was an American politician.
John Burns (born 1840) was an Irish American sailmaker, labor leader and politician who served in the California State Assembly from 1880 to 1883. He was elected to his first term as a member of the Workingmen's Party of California and to his second on a Workingmen's-Democratic Fusion ticket. He was active in his trade and the local Sailmakers' Union as late as 1890.
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American politician (born 1840)
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