Timothy Burns (May 31, 1820 – September 21, 1853) was an Irish American immigrant, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
In the fall of 1837 as a young man, he settled in Iowa County in Wisconsin Territory, where he engaged in lead mining.
[1] Elected in 1846, he served in the Wisconsin territorial House of Representatives in 1847–1848 and became Assembly Speaker.
In 1850, he moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, and took a position on the State Board of Public Works.
[1] While visiting his brother-in-law in Lafayette County, Burns became ill of bilious fever but recovered enough to travel home, and died of a relapse in La Crosse on September 21, 1853.