Charles H. Burke

Charles Henry Burke ( * April 1, 1861 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York, † April 7, 1944 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1915 he represented several times the state of South Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Charles Burke attended the public schools of his home. In 1882 he moved to the Dakota Territory, where he first settled in Beadle County and in 1883 in Hughes County. After studying law he was admitted to the bar in 1886. In Pierre Burke has been renowned in the real estate business.

Political career

Burke was a member of the Republican Party. In 1895 and 1897 he was elected to the House of Representatives from South Dakota. In the congressional elections of 1898 he moved into the U.S. House of Representatives for the first electoral district of South Dakota. There he broke on March 4, 1899 from John Edward Kelley. In the following years he was confirmed in each case in this office he then held until March 3, 1907. In 1906, however, his party nominated Philo Hall and Burke had to give up his seat in Congress. In 1908, he was again nominated and elected but for this mandate. This could again represent the first constituency in the U.S. House of Representatives between 4 March 1909 and 3 March 1913.

In the congressional elections of 1912 he ran for the second constituency of South Dakota, which he then took between 4 March 1913 and 3 March 1915 at the Congress. During his time in the House of Representatives Charles Burke was temporarily chairman of the Indian Committee; He also acted as Whip of the Republican minority faction. In 1914 he not applied for a re-election. State Meanwhile, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

More career

After the end of his time in Congress be devoted Burke back to his real estate business. Between 1921 and 1929 he was Indian commissioner of the federal government. His attitude toward the Indians was controversial because of its conservative attitude. After his resignation from this post, Charles Burke again devoted his private transactions. He died on April 7, 1944 in Washington.