| 词条 | Thomas M. Burgess |
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| name = Thomas Mackie Burgess | image = Thomas-m-burgess-providence-mayor.jpg | alt = | caption = Thomas M. Burgess | order = 2nd | term_start = February 1841 | term_end = June 1852 | predecessor = Samuel W. Bridgham | successor = Amos C. Barstow | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1806|06|06}} | birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island | death_date = {{Death date and age|1856|10|17|1806|06|06}} | death_place = Providence, Rhode Island | resting_place = North Burial Ground, Providence | nationality = | other_names = | religion = | spouse = Eliza Howard | alma_mater = Brown University | office = Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island | party = Whig | known_for = Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island }} Thomas Mackie Burgess (June 6, 1806 – October 17, 1856) served as second mayor of Providence, 1841–1852. Early lifeBurgess was born in Providence and graduated Brown University, class of 1822. After graduation, he began to study law, but abandoned this pursuit to become a successful merchant.[1] Political careerWhen Providence became a city in 1832, Burgess was elected one of the original members of the Providence Common Council.[2] On the death of the first mayor, Samuel W. Bridgham, in February 1841, Burgess was elected his successor and re-elected annually until 1852. He was mayor during the Dorr Rebellion (1841–42), a violent free-suffrage movement that promoted voting rights for all men regardless of property ownership. This was a turbulent time when Rhode Island had two separate governors vying to run the state concurrently.[2] Railroad careerBurgess was president of the Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company.[1] And/or he served as the President of the Boston and Providence Railroad Company.[2][3] Personal lifeBurgess enjoyed spending winters in Charleston, South Carolina, where he made many lifelong friends.[1] He married Eliza Howard of Providence in 1831.[1] Was paralyzed by stroke about two and a half years before his death, then died of a second stroke. He died at his residence, 108 South Main Street, Providence, October 17, 1856.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|title=The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Rhode Island|date=1881|publisher=National Biographical Publishing Company|location=Providence, RI|pages=352–353|accessdate=14 June 2014}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Mayors of the City of Providence|url=http://cityof.providenceri.com/CityHall/mayors1.html#burgess|website=City of Providence website|accessdate=14 June 2014}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Greene|first1=Welcome Arnold|title=The Providence Plantations for 250 Years|date=1886|publisher=J.A. & R.A. Reid|location=Providence, RI|page=103|accessdate=14 June 2014}} External links
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