William J. Burke
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William Joseph Burke (September 25, 1862 – November 7, 1925) was a British-born American politician and businessman.
Biography
Burke was born in London, England, of Irish parents. He served a four-year term on the Allegheny Common Council and from 1906 to 1910 was a member of the greater city council of Pittsburgh, until its merger with Allegheny City.[1] Burke was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1915 to 1918.[2] He was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923, as a member of the United States Republican Party. In 1922, he ran for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania as a member of the Progressive Party and came in third place, receiving 8% of the vote. In the early 1900s he became interested in the development of oil near Callery, Butler County. He was involved with organized labor as a chairman of the Order of Railroad Conductors. He was interred in the Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- 1862 births
- 1925 deaths
- Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
- Burials at Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Pittsburgh)
- English emigrants to the United States
- Politicians from Pittsburgh
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh City Council members
- 20th-century Pennsylvania politicians
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly