Thomas A. Burke

Thomas Aloysius Burke


United States Senator from Ohio
In office November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954
Appointed by	Frank Lausche
Preceded by	Robert A. Taft
Succeeded by	George H. Bender

Personal details
Born	(1898-10-30)October 30, 1898 Cleveland, Ohio
Died	December 5, 1971(1971-12-05) (aged 73) Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Holy Cross Case Western Reserve

Thomas Aloysius Burke (October 30, 1898 – December 5, 1971) was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and in the United States Senate from November 10, 1953 until December 2, 1954. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is named after him.

Career

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burke served in the U.S. Army before attending the College of the Holy Cross and Western Reserve University School of Law, now Case Western Reserve University. After serving in various capacities in the law offices of the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and the state of Ohio, Burke was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1945. In 1947 he worked to create an airport on the lake and Burke Lakefront Airport was dedicated in his name. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Frank Lausche upon the death of Robert A. Taft. Burke lost a special election for the remainder of the term in late 1954 to George H. Bender by a very narrow margin. Bender in turn lost to Lausche in 1956.

Burke resumed the practice of law forming the influential Cleveland law firm of Burke, Haber and Berick (now McDonald Hopkins Burke and Haber).

Death

Burke died of undislosed causes on December 5, 1971, at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, where he'd been admitted the day before.^[1] He was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland.^[2]

References

↑ "Burke, 73, Dies". The Plain Dealer. December 6, 1971. pp. A1, A6.
↑ "Death Notices". The Plain Dealer. December 7, 1971. p. D8.

The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History by Cleveland Bicentennial Commission (Cleveland, Ohio), David D. Van Tassel (Editor), and John J. Grabowski (Editor) ISBN 0-253-33056-4
Burke Lakefront Airport History: http://www.burkeairport.com/About/History.aspx

Political offices
Preceded by Frank J. Lausche	Mayor of Cleveland 1946–1953	Succeeded by Anthony J. Celebrezze
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Robert A. Taft I	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1953–1954 Served alongside: John W. Bricker	Succeeded by George H. Bender

United States Senators from Ohio
Class 1	Smith Meigs Worthington Kerr Ruggles Morris Tappan Corwin Ewing Wade Thurman Sherman Hanna Dick Pomerene Fess Donahey H. Burton Huffman K. Taft Bricker Young R. Taft, Jr. Metzenbaum DeWine S. Brown
Class 3	Worthington Tiffin Griswold Campbell Morrow Trimble E. Brown Harrison Burnet Ewing Allen Chase Pugh Chase Sherman Matthews Pendleton Payne Brice Foraker T. Burton Harding Willis Locher T. Burton McCulloch Bulkley R. Taft, Sr. Burke Bender Lausche Saxbe Metzenbaum Glenn Voinovich Portman

Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio
Mayors of Cleveland (1836–1854)	Willey Mills Dockstader Allen Mills Hayward Starkweather Hoadley Harris Kelsey Bingham Case Brownell
Mayors of Ohio City (1836–1854)	Barber Burrows Baldwin Standart Lord Lamb Griffith Beverlin Burnham Sheldon Castle
Mayors of Cleveland since 1854	Castle Starkweather Senter Flint Masters Senter Chapin Buhrer Pelton Otis Payne Rose Herrick Farley Gardner Babcock Gardner Rose Blee McKisson Farley Johnson Baehr Baker Davis Fitzgerald Kohler Hopkins (manager) Morgan (manager) Miller Davis Burton Blythin Lausche Burke Celebrezze Locher Stokes Perk Kucinich Voinovich White Campbell Jackson

Presidents of the United States Conference of Mayors

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