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{{Short description|American politician (1792–1855)}}
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| name               = Latham A. Burrows
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| state_senate       = New York
| district           = 6th
| term_start         = 1824
| term_end           = 1827
| predecessor        = [[Samuel G. Hathaway]]
| successor          = [[Grattan H. Wheeler]]
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| birth_name         = Latham Avery Burrows
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1792|8|30}}
| birth_place        = [[Groton, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1855|9|25|1792|8|30}}
| death_place        = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
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| spouse             = {{marriage|Sarah Lester|1816}}
| children           =
| relatives          = [[Lorenzo Burrows]] (brother)
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| occupation         = Politician
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'''Latham Avery Burrows''' (August 30, 1792 [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[New London County, Connecticut]] – September 25, 1855 [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Erie County, New York]]) was an American politician from [[New York (state)|New York]].
==Life==
[[File:Owego Elks Lodge - fmr Latham A. Burrows House - Owego, New York - 20220206.jpg|thumb|Burrows' former home in Owego, built in 1831 and now home of the local Elks lodge.]]
He was the son of Rev. Roswell Burrows (1768–1837) and Jerusha (Avery) Burrows (1771–1838). He removed to [[Owego (village), New York|Owego, New York]]. In 1816, he married Sarah Lester.
He was a [[presidential elector]] in [[1820 United States presidential election|1820]], voting for [[James Monroe]] and [[Daniel D. Tompkins]]. Burrows was Clerk of [[Broome County, New York]] from 1821 to 1822.
He was a member of the [[New York State Senate]] (6th D.) from 1824 to 1827, sitting in the [[47th New York State Legislature|47th]], [[48th New York State Legislature|48th]], [[49th New York State Legislature|49th]] and [[50th New York State Legislature]]s.
In 1848, he was Collector of Tolls for the [[Erie Canal]] at Buffalo.
New York State Comptroller [[Lorenzo Burrows]] (1805–1885) was his brother.
==Sources==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=283 ''History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut''] by Richard Anson Wheeler (1900; pg. 283)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA125 ''The New York Civil List''] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 125ff, 139, 326 and 386; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nanc/avery/aqwg62.htm Burrows genealogy] at [[RootsWeb]]
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyoswego/misc/sightings.html Marriage notice], transcribed from the ''Connecticut Courant'', at [[RootsWeb]]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=AoU0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA37 ''The Buffalo Directory''] (1848; pg. 37)
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{{succession box | before = [[Samuel G. Hathaway]] | title = [[New York State Senate]] <br>Sixth District (Class 1) | years = 1824–1827 | after = [[Grattan H. Wheeler]]}}
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