Harold Burns (December 4, 1926 – March 24, 2013) was an American politician who represented the 1st district in the New Hampshire Senate from 2000 to 2002, and earlier in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
[1] Born in Whitefield, New Hampshire, Burns served in the United States Army and owned an insurance business Burns Insurance Agency.
He then served in the New Hampshire State Senate beginning in 2000[2] and retired in 2002.
Burns died of cancer on March 24, 2013, at the age of 86 and is survived by two sons, John and Scott, both of Whitefield, and a daughter, Sandra McCay, of Hydesville, California.
He was predeceased by his wife, Eleanor Ann Burns, in 1997.