Elmer Burkett

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Elmer Jacob Burkett

United States Senator from Nebraska
In office March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911
Preceded by	Charles H. Dietrich
Succeeded by	Gilbert Hitchcock
Personal details
Born	(1867-12-01)December 1, 1867 Glenwood, Iowa
Died	May 23, 1935(1935-05-23) (aged 67) Lincoln, Nebraska
Political party	Republican

Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867 – May 23, 1935) was a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska.

Burkett was born on a farm near Glenwood, Iowa. He attended the public schools and graduated from Tabor College in 1890 and from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1893. He served as principal of the Leigh, Nebraska, public schools from 1890–1892; he was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Lincoln, Nebraska. Burkett was a trustee of Tabor College from 1895-1905. He was a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives 1896-1898.

Burkett was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 4, 1905); he was reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress, but resigned, effective March 4, 1905, to become a Senator. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1905, to March 4, 1911. During his term, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Indian Depredations (Fifty-ninth Congress) and on the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses). Burkett was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910. He then resumed the practice of law in Lincoln; he declined the candidacy for Governor of Nebraska in 1912, and was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Vice Presidential nomination in 1912 after the death of incumbent James S. Sherman. He died in Lincoln on May 23, 1935, and was interred in Wyuka Cemetery.

References

Elmer Burkett at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Jesse Burr Strode	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st congressional district 1899–1905	Succeeded by Ernest M. Pollard
United States Senate
Preceded by Charles H. Dietrich	United States Senator from Nebraska (Class 1) 1905–1911	Succeeded by Gilbert M. Hitchcock

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	Burkett, Elmer Jacob
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 1, 1867
Place of birth	Glenwood, Iowa
Date of death	May 23, 1935
Place of death	Lincoln, Nebraska

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