Edward R. Burke

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Edward Raymond Burke

United States Senator from Nebraska
In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941
Preceded by	Richard C. Hunter
Succeeded by	Hugh A. Butler
Personal details
Born	(1880-11-28)November 28, 1880 Bon Homme County, South Dakota
Died	November 4, 1968(1968-11-04) (aged 87) Kensington, Maryland
Political party	Democratic

Edward Raymond Burke (November 28, 1880 – November 4, 1968) was a Nebraska Democratic Party politician. Burke moved to Sparta, Wisconsin with his parents and then Beloit, Wisconsin where he went to Beloit College. Burke graduated in 1906, moved to Chadron, Nebraska where he taught school until 1908. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1911. Afterwards, he set up shop in Omaha, Nebraska.

During the World War I he enlisted and served as a second lieutenant in the Air Service from 1917 to 1919. He served as the president of the board of education for Omaha from 1927 to 1930. He was elected to the Seventy-third Congress from Nebraska in 1933 and then ran for Senator from in 1934. Serving from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1941, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Claims. He failed to be renominated for the seat in 1940, losing the Democratic primary to Governor Robert L. Cochran, who then lost the general election to Hugh A. Butler .

He resumed his law practice in Omaha in 1941 and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1942 to serve as president of the Southern Coal Producers Association until 1947. He was a Washington representative and general counsel for Hawaiian Statehood Commission until 1950, when he retired to Kensington, Maryland. He died in 1968, and was interred in Fort Lincoln Mausoleum.

References

"The Political Graveyard". Burke, Edward Raymond. Retrieved January 12, 2006.
"Congressional Bioguide". Burke, Edward Raymond. Retrieved January 12, 2006.

This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard

Edward R. Burke at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Howard M. Baldrige	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district 1933–1935	Succeeded by Charles F. McLaughlin
United States Senate
Preceded by Richard C. Hunter	United States Senator from Nebraska (Class 1) 1935–1941	Succeeded by Hugh A. Butler

v t e United States Senators from Nebraska

Class 1	Tipton Paddock Van Wyck Paddock Allen Hayward Allen Dietrich Burkett G. Hitchcock Howell Thompson Hunter Burke Butler Reynolds Hruska Zorinsky Karnes Kerrey Nelson Fischer

Class 2	Thayer P. Hitchcock Saunders Manderson Thurston Millard Brown Norris Wherry Seaton Griswold Bowring Abel Curtis Exon Hagel Johanns

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Persondata
Name	Burke, Edward Raymond
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 28, 1880
Place of birth	Bon Homme County, South Dakota
Date of death	November 4, 1968
Place of death	Kensington, Maryland

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