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  Burton, Phillip
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NamePhillip Burton
Address
San Francisco, California , United States
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Born June 01, 1926
DiedApril 10, 1983 (56 years)
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Last ModifedRBH
Oct 10, 2016 01:29am
Tags Caucasian - Married - Air Force - Straight -
InfoBURTON, Phillip, (brother of John Lowell Burton and husband of Sala Burton), a Representative from California; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 1, 1926; attended Washington High School, Milwaukee, Wis.; graduated from George Washington High School, Richmond District, Calif., 1944; B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1947; LL.B., Golden Gate Law School, San Francisco, Calif., 1952; lawyer, private practice; admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, 1956; United States Air Force, World War II and the Korean conflict; member of the California state assembly, 1956-1964; represented the United States at the Atlantic Treaty Association Conference in France, 1959; delegate, California State Democratic convention, 1968-1982; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1968 and 1970; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John F. Shelley, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (February 18, 1964-April 10, 1983); died on April 10, 1983, in San Francisco, Calif.; cremated; ashes interred in the National Cemetery of the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.


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BOOKS
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A Rage for Justice: The Passion and Politics of Phillip Burton  Purchase Craverguy 

EVENTS
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NEWS
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DISCUSSION
Importance? 6.75000 Average

FAMILY
Wife Sala Burton 00, 1953-Apr 10, 1983
Father Thomas Burton 0000-
Brother John Burton 1932-
Niece Kimiko Burton 0000-

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/02/1982 CA District 5 Won 57.91% (+17.46%)
  11/04/1980 CA District 6 Won 69.37% (+43.74%)
  06/03/1980 CA District 06 - D Primary Won 81.15% (+69.67%)
  11/07/1978 CA District 6 Won 68.30% (+40.32%)
  12/01/1976 Majority Leader Lost 49.83% (-0.34%)
  11/02/1976 CA District 06 Won 66.07% (+39.06%)
  06/08/1976 CA District 06 - D Primary Won 82.49% (+64.97%)
  01/01/1975 Democratic Caucus Chair Won 93.64% (+87.28%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 06 Won 71.28% (+49.44%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 5 Won 81.84% (+63.73%)
  07/13/1972 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.03% (-59.04%)
  06/06/1972 CA District 05 - D Primary Won 66.82% (+33.63%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 5 Won 70.81% (+41.61%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 05 Won 72.78% (+49.07%)
  06/04/1968 CA District 05 - D Primary Won 80.37% (+60.75%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 5 Won 71.26% (+42.52%)
  11/03/1964 CA District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  02/18/1964 CA District 5 - Special Election Won 53.60% (+27.95%)
  11/06/1962 CA State Assembly 20 Won 68.25% (+36.50%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Shall Dianne Feinstein be recalled from the office of Mayor? - Apr 26, 1983 NO No
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 06, 1973 NPA Reject
CA US President - D Primary - Jun 04, 1968 D Robert F. Kennedy