Edward Raymond Burke
United States Senator fromNebraska
In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941
Preceded by	Richard C. Hunter
Succeeded by	Hugh A. Butler
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's2nd district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	H. Malcolm Baldrige
Succeeded by	Charles F. McLaughlin
Personal details
Born	(1880-11-28)November 28, 1880 Bon Homme County, South Dakota, U.S.
Died	November 4, 1968(1968-11-04) (aged 87) Kensington, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Edward Raymond Burke (November 28, 1880 – November 4, 1968) was an AmericanDemocratic Party politician. Burke moved toSparta, Wisconsin with his parents and thenBeloit, Wisconsin, where he went toBeloit College. Burke graduated in 1906, moved toChadron, Nebraska, where he taught school until 1908. He graduated fromHarvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1911. Afterwards, he set up shop inOmaha, Nebraska.

DuringWorld War I he enlisted and served as a second lieutenant in the Air Service from 1917 to 1919. He served as the president of theOmahaBoard of Education from 1927 to 1930. He was elected to the Seventy-third Congress from Nebraska in 1933 and then ran successfully forU.S. senator in1934. Serving from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1941, he chaired theU.S. Senate Committee on Claims.

In the Senate, he supported President Roosevelt'sFirst New Deal, but opposed theSecond New Deal and broke with the President on adding new justices to theU.S. Supreme Court and some of his foreign policy. He also believed that no president should serve more than two terms. As a result, he failed to be renominated for the seat in1940, losing the Democratic primary toGovernorRobert L. Cochran. In the general election, he endorsed Republican presidential nomineeWendell Willkie, and^[1] also endorsedHugh A. Butler, the Republican nominee for theU.S. Senate, who defeated Cochran in the general election.^[2]

He resumed his law practice in Omaha in 1941 and moved toWashington, D.C., in 1942 to serve as president of the Southern Coal Producers Association until 1947. He was a Washington representative and general counsel forHawaiian Statehood Commission until 1950, when he retired toKensington, Maryland. He died in 1968, and was interred in Fort Lincoln Mausoleum.

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1. "Burke, Edward Raymond".The Political Graveyard. RetrievedJanuary 12, 2006.
2. "Burke, Edward Raymond".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. RetrievedJanuary 12, 2006.

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