Bill D. Burlison

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Bill D. Burlison is an American politician currently from Odenton, Maryland. He represents the 4th Councilmatic District as a member of the County Council of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Burlison is a Democrat. Four months after entering the race for Congress in the 3rd District in the 2006 election, Burlison withdrew his candidacy on November 3, 2005.

Burlison is a lawyer in Crofton, Maryland and a former law instructor. Originally from Wardell (Pemiscot County), Missouri, Burlison represented Missouri as a member of Congress starting with the Ninety-first United States Congress in 1969 until he was defeated in a bid for a seventh-term in 1980. Burlison moved to Maryland shortly thereafter.

Burlison was an unsuccessful candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in 1986 and 1990. He was elected to the County Council in 1998 and re-elected to a second and final term in 2002.

Burlison attended Southeast Missouri State University and earned his law degree from the University of Missouri.