Frank W. Burke

Frank Welsh Burke ( born June 1, 1920 in Louisville, Kentucky, † June 29, 2007 ) was an American politician. Between 1959 and 1963 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Burke attended the public schools in Louisville and St. Xavier High School. He then studied at the University of Southern California and then to 1942 at Xavier University in Cincinnati (Ohio ). After a subsequent law studies at the University of Louisville and his 1948 was admitted to the bar he began to work in this profession. Burke's education was interrupted by the Second World War, in which he took part as a soldier in the United States Army 1942-1946.

In the years 1950 and 1951, Burke was deputy litigator of Louisville. In 1952, he acted as safety officer of this city. In 1952 and 1953 he was a member of the advisory board of the Mayor of Louisville. Burke was a member of the Democratic Party. From 1957 to 1958 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1958 he was in the third electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded John Marshall Robsion took on 3 January 1959 he had beaten in the election. After a re-election in 1960 he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1963 two legislative sessions. During this time, the 23 Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

In the elections of 1962 he was defeated by Republican Gene Snyder. Between 1969 and 1973 Frank Burke was mayor of Louisville. After his time as mayor Burke again worked as a lawyer. He died on 29 June 2007 at the age of 87 years.