Elmer Jacob Burkett | |
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| United States Senator fromNebraska | |
| In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Dietrich |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Hitchcock |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | Jesse B. Strode |
| Succeeded by | Ernest M. Pollard |
| Member of theNebraska House of Representatives | |
| In office 1896–1898 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1867-12-01)December 1, 1867 Glenwood, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 23, 1935(1935-05-23) (aged 67) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Resting place | Wyuka Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867 – May 23, 1935) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served six terms as a representative and a senator fromNebraska from 1899 to 1911.
Burkett was born on a farm nearGlenwood, Iowa. He attended the public schools and graduated fromTabor College in 1890 and from theUniversity of Nebraska College of Law in 1893. He served as principal of theLeigh, Nebraska, public schools from 1890 to 1892; he was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice inLincoln, Nebraska. Burkett was a trustee of Tabor College from 1895 to 1905.
He was a member of theNebraska House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898.
Burkett was elected as aRepublican to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905); he was reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress, but resigned, effective March 4, 1905, to become a senator.
He was elected as a Republican to theUnited States Senate and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1911. During his term, he served as the chairman of theCommittee on Indian Depredations (Fifty-ninth Congress) and of the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-ninth Congress - after January 24, 1907 death of former Chairman SenatorRussell A. Alger - and entirety of Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses).
Burkett was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.
He then resumed the practice of law in Lincoln; he declined the candidacy forGovernor of Nebraska in 1912, and was also an unsuccessful candidate for thevice presidential nomination in 1912 after the death of incumbentJames S. Sherman.
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He died in Lincoln on May 23, 1935, and was interred inWyuka Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's 1st congressional district 1899–1905 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 1) from Nebraska 1905–1911 Served alongside:Joseph Millard,Norris Brown | Succeeded by |
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