Theodore Weld Burdick

Theodore Weld Burdick

Theodore Weld Burdick (born October 7, 1836 in Evansburg , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania , †  July 16, 1898 in Decorah , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1879 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Theodore Burdick attended his homeland public schools and moved to Decorah, Iowa with his parents in 1853. There he began to work in banking. Between 1854 and 1857 he was first deputy and from 1858 to 1862 actual treasurer in Winneshiek County , in which he also worked as a recorder .

During the Civil War in 1862 he set up a cavalry company for the Union Army, which he commanded as a captain. After the war he returned to Decorah, where he worked as a cashier at First National Bank . Politically, Burdick was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Iowa , where he succeeded Democrat Lucien Lester Ainsworth on March 4, 1877 . Since he refused to run again in 1878, Burdick could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1879 .

After his time in the House of Representatives, Theodore Burdick returned to banking in Decorah and at times in Sault Ste. Marie ( Michigan ). Between 1886 and 1887 he was a member of the Iowa Senate . He died in Decorah on July 16, 1898.

Web links

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

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