Usher L. Burdick

Usher Lloyd Burdick ( born February 21, 1879 in Owatonna, Minnesota, † August 19 1960 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1935 and 1945, and 1949-1959, he was the first electoral district of the state of North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Already moved in 1882 Usher Burdick with his parents in the Dakota Territory. He grew up with the Siouxindianern and attended the State Normal School in Mayville. Then he studied until 1904 at the University of Minnesota law while also working as a teacher. After qualifying as a lawyer, he began 1904 in Munich in his new profession legwork.

Political career

Burdick was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1907 and 1911 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Dakota; in 1909 he was president of the house. Since 1910 he has been resident in Williston. Between 1911 and 1913 he was Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota and from 1913 to 1915 he was district attorney in Williams County. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. He was also active as a rancher and farmer. From 1929 to 1932 he was Deputy Federal District Attorney for North Dakota. In 1932 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the 1934 elections Burdick was elected as a deputy in the Congress. There he took over from the January 3, 1935 James H. Sinclair. After he was re-elected in the following years each, he could exercise the mandate until January 3, 1945. In the 1944 elections, he had not been nominated by his party. For this, he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. After the 1948 elections, he moved again in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he was able to complete in 1959, five other legislative periods between January 1949 and January 3, 3. 1958 renounced Burdick on another candidacy. He died in August 1960 in Washington, and was buried on his ranch in Williston.

Usher Burdick was the father of Quentin N. Burdick, who represented North Dakota in both chambers of Congress. He was also the father of Jocelyn Burdick, who succeeded her deceased husband Quentin in the office of U.S. Senator in 1992. Another son was Robert W. Levering, who sat from 1959 to 1960 for Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives.