Charles Henry Burke Biography

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BURKE, Charles Henry, a Representative from South Dakota; born on a farm 
near Batavia, Genesee County, N. Y., April 1, 1861; attended the public 
schools of Batavia, N. Y.; moved to the Territory of Dakota in 1882 and 
settled on a homestead in Beadle County; moved to Hughes County in 1883; 
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886; engaged in the real-estate 
investment business in Pierre, S. Dak.; member of the State house of 
representatives in 1895 and 1897; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-
sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1907); 
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress; 
elected to the Sixty-first, Sixty-second, and Sixty-third Congresses 
(March 4, 1909-March 3, 1915); did not seek renomination in 1914 having 
received the Republican nomination for United States Senator, but was 
unsuccessful for election; resumed the investment business; engaged in 
war-relief work during the First World War; appointed Commissioner of 
Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., on April 1, 1921, and served until 
his resignation on June 30, 1929; engaged in the real-estate and loan 
business in Pierre S. Dak., and also worked in the interest of Indians 
in Washington, D. C.; died in Washington, D. C., April 7, 1944; interment 
in Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, S. Dak.