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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaJ. Herbert BURKE
(1913-1993)
BURKE, J. Herbert, a
Representative from Florida; born in Chicago, Ill., January 14,
1913; attended the public schools of Chicago, Ill.; attended
Central Y.M.C.A. College in Chicago, Ill., and Northwestern
University; graduated from Kent College of Law in 1940; served in
the United States Army in the European Theater in 1942-1945, was
awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, the European Theater Medal,
and the American Theater Ribbon, and was discharged with the rank
of captain; admitted to the bar in 1940 and practiced in Chicago,
1940-1949, and Hollywood, Fla., 1949-1968; elected Republican
commissioner in Broward County, Fla., in 1952 and served in that
capacity until 1967; Republican State committeeman, 1954-1958;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-fourth Congress
in a special election, January 11, 1955; delegate to Republican
National Conventions from 1968 to 1976; member, Republican Platform
Committee, 1968; appointed by President Eisenhower to Southeastern
Advisory Board of Small Business in 1956; elected as a Republican
to the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses; (January 3,
1967-January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; was a resident of Falls Church,
Va., and Fern Park, Fla., until his death in Altamonte Springs,
Fla., on June 16, 1993.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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