Burke, James Francis, 1867-1932

LC control no.	no 98072064
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Burke, James Francis, 1867-1932 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Washington, D.C.
Birth date	18671021
Death date	19320808
Place of birth	Petroleum Center, Pa.
Place of death	Washington, D.C.
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	Proceed. of the tenth Republic. Nat'l Convention ... 1892: t.p. (James F. Burke, of Pennsylvania) Official proceed. of the eleventh Republic. Nat'l Convention ... 1896: t.p. (James Francis Burke, of Pittsburg, Pa., Official Stenographer) OCLC database, 3/16/98 (hdg.: Burke, James Francis, 1867-1932; usage: James Francis Burke, James F. Burke) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Mar. 9, 2015 (Burke, James Francis, Representative from Pennsylvania; b. Petroleum Center, Venango County, Pa., October 21, 1867; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1892; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; secretary of the Republican National Committee in 1892, resigning during the same year to devote his entire time to his duties as president of the American Republican College League; appointed by President Harrison to codify the navigation laws of the United States; officer of, or a delegate to, the Republican National Conventions from 1892 to 1924, with the exception of the year 1912; appointed a delegate to the Parliamentary Peace Conference at Brussels in 1905; elected as a Republican to 59th and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1915); chairman, Committee on Education (61st Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1914; United States Government director of War Savings during the First World War; resumed the practice of law; elected general counsel of the Republican National Committee in December 1927 and served until his death; parliamentarian of the Republican National Convention at Kansas City, Mo., in 1928; died in Washington, D.C., August 8, 1932)