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  Burton, Harold Hitz
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NameHarold Hitz Burton
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Cleveland, Ohio , United States
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Born June 22, 1888
DiedOctober 28, 1964 (76 years)
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InfoSenator from Ohio; born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., June 22, 1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1909 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1912; was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Cleveland, Ohio; assistant attorney for a power company in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1914-1916 and attorney for a power company in Boise, Idaho, 1916-1917; during the First World War served in the army as lieutenant, and later as captain, in 1917 and 1918; resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919; instructor in Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1923-1925; member of the board of education of East Cleveland in 1928 and 1929; member, State house of representatives 1929; director of law of Cleveland 1929-1932; mayor of Cleveland 1935-1940; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1940 and served from January 3, 1941, until his resignation on September 30, 1945; associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1945 until his retirement October 13, 1958; was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio; died in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1964; cremated at Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.


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  09/22/1945 Supreme Court - Associate Justice Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1940 OH US Senate Won 52.37% (+4.75%)
  05/14/1940 OH US Senate - R Primary Won 52.85% (+11.85%)
  11/07/1939 Cleveland Mayor Won 57.57% (+15.14%)
  11/02/1937 Cleveland Mayor Won 56.78% (+13.56%)
  11/05/1935 Cleveland Mayor Won 57.25% (+14.50%)
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