Clark Burdick

Clark Burdick

Clark Burdick (born January 13, 1868 in Newport , Rhode Island , † August 27, 1948 ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1933 he represented the first constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clark Burdick attended public schools in his home country. He then studied between 1893 and 1895 at the law school of Harvard University . After his admission to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Newport. Burdick also got into banking and became president of the Newport Trust Co. From 1896 to 1897 he was a member of the Rhode Island Maritime Militia. Between 1899 and 1901 Burdick was a member of the Newport School Board. From 1901 to 1908 he was a lawyer for this city several times with interruptions.

Politically, Burdick was a member of the Republican Party . From 1906 to 1908 he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ; In 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago . Between 1906 and 1916 Burdick was also a member of the Newport City Council, of which he became chairman. Burdick served on the State Senate in 1915 and 1916 , before becoming Mayor of Newport from 1917 to 1918.

In 1918 Burdick was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Democrat George F. O'Shaunessy on March 4, 1919 . After he was confirmed in his mandate in the following six elections, Burdick could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933 . In the elections of 1932 he was defeated by the Democrat Francis Condon . He benefited from a nationwide trend in favor of his party, which culminated in the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as US President .

After his tenure in Congress was over, Burdick returned to practice as a lawyer and returned to banking. Politically, he did not hold any other offices. He died in August 1948 at the age of 80 and was buried in Portsmouth .

Web links

• Clark Burdick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clark Burdick in the database of Find a Grave (English)