Frank W. Burke

Frank W. Burke

Frank Welsh Burke (born June 1, 1920 in Louisville , Kentucky , †  June 29, 2007 there ) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1963 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Burke attended Louisville public schools and St. Xavier High School . He then studied at the University of Southern California and then until 1942 at Xavier University in Cincinnati ( Ohio ). After a subsequent law degree at the University of Louisville and his admission to the bar in 1948, he began to work in this profession. Burke's training was interrupted by World War II, in which he participated as a soldier in the United States Army between 1942 and 1946 .

Burke served as assistant trial attorney for Louisville through 1950 and 1951. In 1952 he acted as the city's security officer. In 1952 and 1953 he was a member of the Advisory Board to the Mayor of Louisville. Burke was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1957 to 1958 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . In the 1958 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John Marshall Robsion on January 3, 1959 , whom he had defeated in the election. After re-election in 1960, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1963 . During this time the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

In the 1962 elections he was defeated by Republican Gene Snyder . Frank Burke was Mayor of Louisville from 1969 to 1973. After serving as mayor, Burke returned to work as a lawyer. He died on June 29, 2007 at the age of 87.

Web links

• Frank W. Burke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Frank W. Burke in the database of Find a Grave (English)