Bill D. Burlison

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Bill D. Burlison (born 1931) is an American politician who has held office in Missouri and Maryland.

Burlison is a lawyer and former law instructor originally from Wardell, Missouri who has also lived in Crofton, Maryland and Odenton, Maryland. He represented Missouri as a member of the U. S. 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 then moved to Maryland shortly after his congressional defeat.

He represented 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 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.

Burlison recently moved to Advance, Missouri. As of 2008, he is running for election to the 159th Missouri legislative district. Campaign literature states that he was Southeast Missouri State University student body president in 1952, is a former marine, and is the only person in the country with 7 academic degrees. [1]

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Bill D. Burlison County Council Bio
Burlison Biography from Congressional Bioguide
County Councilman Burlison runs again for Congress, Annapolis Capital, 7/6/2005

Preceded by Paul C. Jones	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 10th congressional district 1969-1981	Succeeded by Bill Emerson