John Burke

Infobox Governor
name = John Burke


caption = A statue of Governor Burke
order = 10th
office = Governor of North Dakota
term_start = 1907
term_end = 1913
lieutenant = Robert S. Lewis (1907–1910)
Usher L. Burdick (1911–1912)
predecessor = Elmore Y. Sarles
successor = L. B. Hanna
birth_date = February 25, 1859
birth_place = Keokuk County, Iowa
death_date = Dda|1937|5|14|1859|2|25
death_place =
party = Democratic
spouse =
profession =
religion =

John Burke (February 25 1859–May 14 1937) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from North Dakota.

Burke was born in Keokuk County, Iowa and moved to the Dakota Territory. After North Dakota was admitted to the union, he served in the state's House of Representatives in 1891 and in its Senate from 1893 to 1896. He served three terms (1907-1913) as a Democratic governor at a time when the North Dakota Republican Party had little practical opposition. He ran for the United States Senate in 1916 but lost. From 1913 to 1921 Burke was Treasurer of the United States, under President Woodrow Wilson. He later served as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1924 until his death on May 14 1937. Burke County, North Dakota is named in his honor.

A statue of John Burke was placed in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol by the state of North Dakota in 1963.

ee also

* see http://www.ussbush.com/slotow.htm for pictures of the explosion

External links

* [http://www.library.und.edu/Collections/og1.html John Burke Papers at The University of North Dakota]

* [http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/burke.cfm National Statuary Hall Collection] includes biography and photo of statue.