Alfred A. Burnham

Alfred Avery Burnham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1859  March 3, 1863
Preceded bySidney Dean
Succeeded byAugustus Brandegee
48th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
1857–1858
GovernorAlexander H. Holley
Preceded byAlbert Day
Succeeded byJulius Catlin
Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office
1858
Preceded byEliphalet Adams Bulkeley
Succeeded byOliver Henry Perry
In office
1870
Preceded byLafayette S. Foster
Succeeded byEdwin Holmes Bugbee
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office
1844–1845, 1850, 1858, 1870
Personal details
Born(1819-03-08)March 8, 1819
Windham, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedApril 11, 1879(1879-04-11) (aged 60)
Windham, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Alfred Avery Burnham (March 8, 1819 – April 11, 1879) was an American politician who was a U.S. Congressman, a lieutenant governor of Connecticut, a speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, and the clerk of the Connecticut Senate. He worked as a lawyer in Windham, Connecticut.