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  Burke, James A.
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NameJames A. Burke
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Milton, Massachusetts , United States
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Born March 30, 1910
Died October 13, 1983 (73 years)
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Feb 22, 2022 04:59pm
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Info born in Boston, Mass., March 30, 1910; educated in the Boston public schools and Lincoln Preparatory School; attended Suffolk University; registrar of vital statistics for the city of Boston; during the Second World War was special agent in the Counter-intelligence, attached to the Seventy-seventh Infantry Division in the South Pacific; member of the Massachusetts general court for ten years; member of the Massachusetts house of representatives for four years, serving as assistant majority leader; vice chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic State committee for four years; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; was a resident of Milton, Mass. until his death in Boston, Mass. on October 13, 1983; interment at Milton Cemetery, Milton, Mass.


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  11/02/1976 MA District 11 Won 68.98% (+37.97%)
  09/14/1976 MA District 11 - D Primary Won 57.29% (+14.58%)
  11/05/1974 MA District 11 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/10/1974 MA District 11 - D Primary Won 74.64% (+49.27%)
  11/07/1972 MA District 11 Won 99.96% (+99.93%)
  11/03/1970 MA District 11 Won 99.98% (+99.97%)
  11/05/1968 MA District 11 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1966 MA District 11 Won 74.78% (+49.56%)
  11/03/1964 MA District 11 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1962 MA District 11 Won 64.32% (+28.64%)
  11/08/1960 MA District 13 Won 58.53% (+17.07%)
  11/04/1958 MA District 13 Won 53.51% (+7.01%)
  09/09/1958 MA District 13 - D Primary Won 26.91% (+8.39%)
  11/02/1954 MA Lt. Governor Lost 47.23% (-4.77%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject
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