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Harry T. Burn, Sr. (born November 12, 1895 in Niota, Tennessee, USA - February 19, 1977), was a member of the Tennessee General Assembly for McMinn County, Tennessee. Burn became the youngest member of the state legislature when he was elected at the age of twenty-two. He is best remembered for action taken to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment during his first term in the legislature. The Tennessee legislature was tied and he was the one vote who let women vote. His mother asked him to! Harry T. Burn, Sr.(born November 12, 1895 in Niota, Tennessee, USA - February 19, 1977), was a member of the Tennessee General Assembly for McMinn County, Tennessee. Burn became the youngest member of the state legislature when he was elected at the age of twenty-two. He is best remembered for action taken to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment during his first term in the legislature. The Tennessee legislature was tied and he was the one vote who let women vote. His mother asked him to!

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