Thomas P. Burnett

Thomas Pendleton Burnett (September 3, 1800 – November 5, 1846) was a United States politician in the Wisconsin Territory.

On December 29, 1836, Burnett married Lucia Maria Brunson.

In 1838, Burnett ran for Wisconsin Territorial Congressional Delegate and lost.

He then was appointed reporter of the Wisconsin Territorial Supreme Court.

[1][3][4] He had been called home to attend to his family, which was ill with the disease; his mother died a few days before him, and his wife a few hours after him.