| LC control no. | n 87890337 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975 |
| Variant(s) | Wheeler, Burton Kendall, 1882- |
| Birth date | 18820227 |
| Death date | 19750106 |
| Place of birth | Hudson, Mass. |
| Place of death | Washington, D.C. |
| Affiliation | University of Michigan. Law School Montana. Legislature. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Public prosecutors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Burke, R.E. R.E. Burke collection, 1930-1945 (Burton K. Wheeler) LC data base, 9-21-87 (hdg.: Wheeler, Burton Kendall, 1882- ; usage: Burton K. Wheeler; U.S. Senator from Mont.) NUCMC files (Wheeler, Burton Kendall, 1882-1975; US Sen., Mont.) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, September 4, 2013: (Wheeler, Burton Kendall, Senate years of service: 1923-1947; a Senator from Montana; born in Hudson, Middlesex County, Mass., February 27, 1882; attended the common schools; worked as a stenographer in Boston, Mass.; graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1905; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont.; member, State house of representatives 1910-1912; United States district attorney for Montana 1913-1918; resumed the practice of law in Butte; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Montana in 1920; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1922 for the term ending March 3, 1929; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1924 on the Progressive Party ticket; reelected to the United States Senate in 1928, 1934 and 1940 and served from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Seventy-third Congress), Committee on Interstate Commerce (Seventy-fourth through Seventy-ninth Congresses); resumed the practice of law; died in Washington, D.C., January 6, 1975; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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