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

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from Texas.

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 Confederate States Army, Company D 10th Georgia Regiment before the age of sixteen and served throughout the Civil War.

Public service

Robert Emmet Burke studied law. He was admitted to the bar in November 1870 and commenced practice in Dallas, Texas, 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, June 5, 1901, and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

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References

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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