William Joseph Burke
Republican Representative of Pennsylvania
Representative
Pennsylvania
May 19, 1919 - March 3, 1921
Representative
Pennsylvania
April 11, 1921 - March 3, 1923
2
Congresses Served
2
House Terms
September 25, 1862 (63 years old)
Birthday
November 7, 1925
Death
- British-born American politician and businessman of Irish descent.
- Served on the Allegheny Common Council for four years.
- Member of the greater city council of Pittsburgh from 1906 to 1910.
- Served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1915 to 1918.
- U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923.
- Ran for the U.S. Senate in 1922 as a Progressive Party candidate, finishing third with 8% of the vote.
- Involved in the development of oil in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1900s.
- Engaged with organized labor, serving as chairman of the Order of Railroad Conductors.
- Interred at Calvary Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.