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Robert Emmet Burke (August 1, 1847 – June 5, 1901) was a
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from
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Early years

Robert Emmet Burke was born near Dadeville, Alabama, and attended nearby public schools. He moved to Jefferson, Texas, in 1866.


Military service

Burke enlisted as a private in
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, Company D 10th Georgia Regiment before the age of sixteen and served throughout the
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Public service

Robert Emmet Burke studied law. He was admitted to the bar in November 1870 and commenced practice in
Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
, in 1871. He served as judge of Dallas County 1878–1888. He served as judge of the fourteenth judicial district of Texas 1888–1896. Burke was elected as a
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to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1897.


Death

Robert Emmet Burke died in
Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
, June 5, 1901, and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.


Bibliography

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See also

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Sources


Biography from the Handbook of Texas Online

Memorial addresses on the life and character of Robert E. Burke, late a representative from Texas delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1902
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