BURCH, Benjamin, a Doorkeeper from Maryland; born in Prince George’s County, Md., May 9, 1761; served in the Revolutionary War; District of Columbia Militia, 1807; served in the U.S. Army in the War of 1812; landlord; staff, Office of the Doorkeeper, United States House of Representatives, 1809–1821; member, District of Columbia common council, D.C., 1820–1822; elected Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives to the Seventeenth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses (December 4, 1821–December 7, 1831); died on May 5, 1832, in Washington, D.C.; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
[ Top ]History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “BURCH, Benjamin,” https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/B/BURCH,-Benjamin/ (September 20, 2022)
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