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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas A. Burke |
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Cleveland, Ohio , United States |
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October 30, 1898
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| Died | December 05, 1971
(73 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BURKE, Thomas A, .a Senator from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 30, 1898; attended parochial schools; was graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., in 1920, and Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1923; during the First World War served in the United States Army; was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Cleveland, Ohio; assistant prosecutor of Cuyahoga County 1930-1936; special counsel to the Ohio attorney general in 1937; director of law for the city of Cleveland 1942-1945; mayor of Cleveland 1945-1953; president of the National Conference of Mayors in 1953; appointed on October 12, 1953, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert A. Taft and served from November 10, 1953, to December 2, 1954; unsuccessful candidate for election to the vacancy in 1954; resumed the practice of law; died in Cleveland, Ohio, December 5, 1971; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
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