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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—HawaiiJohn Anthony BURNS
(1909-1975)
BURNS, John Anthony, a
Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii; born in Fort Assinneboine,
Mont., March 30, 1909; resident of Hawaii since May 30, 1913;
attended school in Honolulu and Kansas; attended the University of
Hawaii in 1930 and 1931; police officer, city and county of
Honolulu, 1934-1945; chairman, Traffic Safety Commission, city and
county of Honolulu, 1950-1954; president of Burns & Co., Ltd.,
real-estate broker; Honolulu Civil Defense Administrator 1951-1955;
delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1952, 1956,
1960, 1964, and 1968; chairman of Honolulu County Democratic
Committee 1948-1952; chairman of Territorial Democratic Central
Committee, 1952-1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and
to the succeeding Congress when Hawaii became a State in the Union
(January 3, 1957-August 21, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for
election as Governor of the State of Hawaii in 1959; real-estate
broker; elected Governor, State of Hawaii, in 1962, and reelected
in 1966 and 1970; died in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 5, 1975;
interment in Punchbowl National Cemetery.
Bibliography
Boylan, Dan, and T. Michael Holmes. John A. Burns: The Man and
His Times. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press,
2000.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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