Edward J. Burke

Edward J. Burke (born May 19, 1876) was an American machinist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who was a justice of the peace, and spent a single term as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He went to law school in the evening in Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee.[1][2]

He was elected in 1912 to the newly-redistricted 16th Milwaukee County Assembly district (the 16th Ward of the City of Milwaukee, the Town of Wauwatosa and the City of Wauwatosa). He was defeated for re-election in 1914 by Republican William A. Schroeder.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 34
  2. ↑ "Wisconsin Blue Book 1913,' Biographical Sketch of Edward J. Burke, pg. 676
  3. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1915,' Election statistics, pg. 251