Holm O. Bursum | |
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| United States Senator fromNew Mexico | |
| In office March 11, 1921 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Albert B. Fall |
| Succeeded by | Sam G. Bratton |
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| Born | Holm Olaf Bursum (1867-02-10)February 10, 1867 Fort Dodge, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 1953(1953-08-07) (aged 86) |
| Party | Republican |
Holm Olaf Bursum (February 10, 1867 – August 7, 1953) was a politician from theU.S. state ofNew Mexico, whose activities were instrumental for gaining statehood under theTaft administration and later served asUnited States Senator from New Mexico.
Bursum was born atFort Dodge, Iowa toNorwegian-American parents. He attended the public schools in Iowa before moving toNew Mexico Territory in 1881. He settled nearSocorro and engaged in raising livestock.
He was a member of the New Mexico Territorial senate, 1899–1900; chairman of the Territorial central committee in 1905 and 1911; member of the State constitutional convention in 1910; and a member of theRepublican National Committee, 1920-1924.
Bursum was appointed on March 11, 1921, and subsequently elected on September 20, 1921, as aRepublican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofAlbert B. Fall and served from March 11, 1921, to March 3, 1925. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924. He served as chairman, Committee on Pensions (Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses). Subsequently, Holm Bursum pursued a newspaper career inWashington, D.C. and in New Mexico until his death in 1953.
Bursum subsequently returned to Socorro and resumed his former business interests until his death inColorado Springs, Colorado. He is interred in Socorro Protestant Cemetery in Socorro.
Through his sister Ruth Bursum's marriage, he is connected to the Paxton family, a name of equal prominence in New Mexico. Holm Bursum's name can either be spelledBursum orBursom. The name is pronouncedBer-sum.
TheBursum House is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.
In 1965, he was inducted into theHall of Great Westerners of theNational Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.[1]
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| First | Republican nominee forGovernor of New Mexico 1911,1916 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromNew Mexico (Class 2) 1921,1924 | Succeeded by Herbert B. Holt |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from New Mexico 1921–1925 Served alongside:Andrieus A. Jones | Succeeded by |
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