Oliver Dudley Burden (March 15, 1873 – November 10, 1947) was an American lawyer from New York.

Life

Burden was born on March 15, 1873, in

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, the son of landowner James H. Burden and Lucia Groesbeck. Burden attended

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and graduated from Cazenovia Academy in 1891. He then attended

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and received a

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and

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from the school. He graduated from

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in 1896, and studied law under Judge Michael H. Kiley of Cazenovia. In 1898 he moved to

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and began practicing law with M. E. and G. W. Driscoll. In 1899, he started practicing law with R. J. Shanahan. He was an active member of the

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. He later practiced law with George R. Fearon. During World War I, he was chairman of Local Draft Board 469 in Syracuse. In 1915, he was one of former President Theodore Roosevelt's attorneys during a libel law suit New York Republican state chairman

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brought forward after Roosevelt called Barnes a corrupt leader. In 1923, President Warren G. Harding appointed him

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and

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re-appointed him to the office, and he served until 1936. As United States Attorney, he was involved in a number of cases connected with enforcing

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and income tax evasion. Burden was a member of the

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, the

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, the

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Bar Association, the Commercial Law League,

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, the Sigma Tau fraternity, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Odd Fellows. In 1905, he married Irene de Tamble. His children were Mrs. S. R. Brentnall and Oliver D. Jr. Burden died in Syracuse on November 10, 1947. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia.

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