- James A. Burke
James Anthony Burke (
March 30 ,1910 -October 13 ,1983 ) was aU.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1959 to 1979.He was born in
Boston, Massachusetts . He was educated in the Boston public schools andLincoln Preparatory School and attendedSuffolk University . Burke served as the registrar of vital statistics for thecity of Boston and during theSecond World War was special agent in the Counter-intelligence, attached to the 77th Infantry Division in the South Pacific. He was a member of theMassachusetts General Court for ten years and a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives for four years, serving as assistant majority leader. He then became vice chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic State committee for four years and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3 ,1959 -January 3 ,1979 ). Burke was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress.Burke was a resident of
Milton, Massachusetts until his death inBoston, Massachusetts onOctober 13 ,1983 and his interment was at Milton Cemetery inMilton, Massachusetts .References
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