Michael Edmund Burke (October 15, 1863 – December 12, 1918) was a

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from

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.Wisconsin Historical Society-Michael E. Burke
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, Wisconsin, Burke attended local public schools and graduated from the Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam in 1884. He studied law at the

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in 1886 and 1887. He was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice in Beaver Dam. He served as town clerk from 1887 to 1889. He served as member of the

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from 1891 to 1893. He served in the

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from 1895 to 1899. Burke married Emma Sontag (1875–1921) in 1898. Burke served as city attorney of Beaver Dam from 1893 to 1908. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904. Burke was elected mayor of Beaver Dam and served from 1908 to 1910. Burke was elected as a

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to the

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representing

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from March 4, 1911 till March 3, 1913. He was reelected to the Sixty-third, and

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es this time as a representative of

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(March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916. He died at

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, December 12, 1918. He was interred in St. Patrick's Cemetery.

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