- Bill D. Burlison
Bill D. Burlison (born 1931) is an American politician who has held office in Missouri and Maryland.
Burlison is a
lawyer and former law instructor originally fromWardell, Missouri who has also lived inCrofton, Maryland andOdenton, Maryland . He represented Missouri as a member of the U. S. Congress starting with theNinety-first United States Congress in 1969 until he was defeated in a bid for a seventh-term in 1980. Burlison then moved to Maryland shortly after his congressional defeat.He represented the 4th Councilmatic District as a member of the County Council of
Anne Arundel County, Maryland . Burlison is a Democrat. Four months after entering the race for Congress in the 3rd District in the 2006 election, Burlison withdrew his candidacy onNovember 3 ,2005 .Burlison was an unsuccessful candidate for the
Maryland House of Delegates in 1986 and 1990. He was elected to the County Council in 1998 and re-elected to a second and final term in 2002.Burlison attended
Southeast Missouri State University and earned his law degree from the University of Missouri.Burlison recently moved to
Advance, Missouri . As of 2008, he is running for election to the 159th Missouri legislative district. Campaign literature states that he wasSoutheast Missouri State University student body president in 1952, is a former marine, and is the only person in the country with 7 academic degrees. [http://www.semissourian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071116/NEWS01/311160016]External links
* [http://www.aacounty.org/CountyCouncil/Burlison.cfm Bill D. Burlison County Council Bio]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001113/ Burlison Biography from Congressional Bioguide]
* [http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/07_06-01/TOP/ County Councilman Burlison runs again for Congress] , Annapolis Capital, 7/6/2005
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