Anson Burlingame
Anson Burlingame was an American lawyer, Mass. state senator, U.S. congressman, diplomat, and abolitionist. As diplomat, he served as the U.S. minister to China and then as China's envoy to the U.S., which resulted in the 1868 landmark Burlingame Treaty. More at Wikipedia
Key Milestones
1820 – born in New Berlin, New York
1846 – graduated from Harvard Law School
1852 – elected to Massachusetts State Senate
1854 – elected to U.S. House of Representatives
1861 – appointed by Abraham Lincoln as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Empire of China
1867 – appointed by China as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Chinese Government to the Treaty Powers
1868 – negotiated and signed the landmark Burlingame Treaty
1870 – died in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Eulogy by Mark Twain
Anson was eulogized by his friend Mark Twain, who stated that Burlingame “was a good man, and a very, very great man. America lost a son, and all the world a servant, when he died.”
Portrait in Faneuil Hall
Anson's portrait hangs in historic Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, alongside paintings of other prominent Bostonians.
