| LC control no. | no2014148945 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burk, Henry, 1850-1903 |
| Birth date | 18500926 |
| Death date | 19031205 |
| Place of birth | Württemberg (Germany) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Leather industry and trade Tanning |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | Henry Burk (late a representative from Pennsylvania), 1905: title page (Henry Burk) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed November 10, 2014 (Burk, Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Wurttemberg, Germany, September 26, 1850; immigrated to the United States in 1854 with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia, Pa.; attended the public schools about three years; became a repairer of shoemaking machinery and subsequently engaged in supplying this machinery to the trade; engaged in the manufacture of leather and in 1887 invented the alum and sumac process, which revolutionized the industry; president of the Manufacturers' National Association in 1895; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., December 5, 1903; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery) |
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