Burleigh, Walter Atwood

Maine born doctor, Indian Agent, and lawyer who represented Montana Territory as its non-voting delegate in the U.S. Congress for two terms following the Civil War.

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Walter Atwood Burleigh
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    5
    No. of Spouses
    2
    Family

    John H. Burleigh (father), Ann Atwood Burleigh (mother), Elizabeth Colcord Low (first wife - died 1855), Caroline Faulk (second wife)

    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Castleton Medical College (VT)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Doctor, Dentist or Nurse
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Indian Agent
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Republican
    Government
    Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Other state government
    Military
    US military (Pre-Civil War)
    How to Cite This Page: "Burleigh, Walter Atwood," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/47405.