Charles H. Burke

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Charles H. Burke (April 1, 1861 - April 7, 1944) was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1920s.

He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public school there. He moved to the Dakota Territory in 1882 and settled on a homestead in Beadle County of what is now South Dakota, moving on to Hughes County in 1883. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1886. He also engaged in the real estate investment business in the area of Pierre, South Dakota. He was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1895 and 1897. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1898, won election, and remained in that position through 1907, losing the nomination for the 1906 election, although he won again in 1908 and remained in the House through 1907, serving as Minority whip from 1913 through 1915. In 1914, he received the nomination for the United States Senate seat from South Dakota, and chose not to run for reelection to the House. He lost that Senate race.

He was appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1921, and served in that capacity until his resignation in 1929. He died in 1944, in Washington, D. C..

Minority Whips of the United States House of Representatives
Underwood • Lloyd • Dwight • Burke • Hamilton • Oldfield • McDuffie • Bachmann • Englebright • Arends • McCormack • Arends • McCormack • Arends • Michel • Lott • Cheney • Gingrich • Bonior • Pelosi • Hoyer • Blunt

Preceded by: John Edward Kelley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st congressional district 1899 – 1907	Succeeded by: Philo Hall
Preceded by: Philo Hall	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st congressional district 1909 – 1913	Succeeded by: Charles H. Dillon
Preceded by: Eben W. Martin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 2nd congressional district 1913 – 1915	Succeeded by: Royal C. Johnson