no, the house of burgesses was during colonial America, mid/later 1700s not mid 1800s
Abraham Lincoln
What law abolished Virginia's elected House of Burgesses
Abraham Lincoln was from Illinois. He served one term in the House of Representatives from 1847 -1849.
The House of Burgesses was an elected legislative assembly in colonial Virginia. The House of Burgesses was established in 1619.
Illinois (District 7)
Lincoln was living in Springfield, Illinois before he was elected to be the next US President. In Washington DC, Lincoln lived at the White House.
The House of Burgesses was the proper name for those elected to represent Jamestown in Parliament. There were a total of 22 representatives from the Colonies who sat on the House of Burgesses.
The House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846.
The first elected body in the colony of Virginia was called the House of Burgesses. It continued its existence until the establishment of the United States.
There was no law that abolished Virginia's House of Burgesses. It simply became the House of Delegates in 1776 which is a lower house in the Virginia legislature.