Edward R. Burke

Edward R. Burke

Edward Raymond Burke (born November 28, 1880 in Running Water , Bon Homme County , South Dakota , †  November 4, 1968 in Kensington , Maryland ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Nebraska in both chambers of the US -Congress represented.

In the year of his birth, Edward Burke's parents moved with their young son to Sparta , Wisconsin , where he later received his schooling. He then attended college in Beloit . After graduating in 1906, he worked as a teacher in Chadron, Nebraska, until 1908 . Finally, he put his law degree at the Law School of Harvard University , and was admitted to the bar in 1911, and he in Omaha started practicing.

In the First World War , Burke served from 1917 as a second lieutenant in the Air Force, which at that time was still a part of the US Army . From 1927 to 1930 he was president of the Omaha Education Committee. His political career began with the election to the House of Representatives of the United States , which he belonged from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935.

Burke did not run for re-election after being nominated by his party as a candidate for the US Senate . He won the election and served a six-year term until 1941, during which he chaired the Committee on Claims , among other things . Burke sought re-election but was not re-nominated by the Democrats.

As a result, he initially worked again as a lawyer in Omaha before he returned to Washington in 1942 and served there as President of the Southern Coal Producers Association until 1947 . Thereafter, Burke represented the interests of the Hawaiian Statehood Commission , which was preparing the entry of the Hawaiian Territory to the Union, in the federal capital until 1950 , before he retired in Maryland.

Web links

• Edward R. Burke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward R. Burke in the database of Find a Grave (English)