Robert E. Burke

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Robert Emmet Burke (August 1, 1847 - June 5, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Born near Dadeville, Alabama, Burke attended the public schools of his native city. Volunteered as a private in Company D, Tenth Georgia Cavalry, Confederate States Army, at the age of sixteen and served throughout the Civil War. He moved to Jefferson, Texas, in 1866. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in November 1870 and commenced practice in Dallas, Texas, in 1871. He served as judge of Dallas County 1878-1888. He served as judge of the fourteenth judicial district of Texas 1888-1896.

Burke was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Dallas, Texas, June 5, 1901. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.