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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.
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