Maurice G. Burnside

Maurice G. Burnside

Maurice Gwinn Burnside (born August 23, 1902 in Columbia , South Carolina , † February 2, 1991 in Wilson , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1953 and between 1955 and 1957 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Maurice Burnside attended public schools in his home in South Carolina. Between 1920 and 1922 he graduated from the military academy "The Citadel" in Charleston . He then studied until 1926 at Furman University in Greenville law. This was followed by studies at the University of Texas at Austin , which he finished in 1928. In 1937 he completed his training after studying philosophy at Duke University in Durham . Burnside had been in the school service since 1931. Until 1932 he taught as a teacher at Greenville High School in South Carolina. Between 1933 and 1935 he worked in the library at Duke University. Between 1936 and 1937 he taught at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn University in Auburn . Between 1937 and 1948 Burnside was a professor at Marshall University in Huntington (West Virginia).

In this state he also began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1939 and 1941 he was on the West Virginia Pardon Committee; from 1942 to 1945 he was chairman of the state's Workers Education . In 1948 Burnside was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth district of West Virginia , where he succeeded Republican Hubert S. Ellis on January 3, 1949 . After a re-election in 1950, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1953 . During this time the 22nd amendment to the Constitution was discussed and passed in Congress , which limited the terms of office of the President.

In the 1952 election, Burnside was defeated by Republican Will E. Neal . He then became department head of the National Security Agency in Washington. In 1954, Burnside was able to win back his parliamentary seat from Will Neal. This enabled him to spend another term in Congress between January 3, 1955 and January 3, 1957. In the election in 1956 there was another duel with Neal, which he won. This was the second time Burnside was ousted from Congress by Neal. After his tenure in Congress, Burnside worked as a businessman and a lawyer. In 1960 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles , where John F. Kennedy was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1961 and 1968 Burnside worked for the Department of Defense in Washington. Then he worked as a writer. Maurice Burnside died on February 2, 1991 in Wilson, North Carolina.

Web links

• Maurice G. Burnside in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)