Andrew H. Burke

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Andrew Horace Burke
John Miller
Succeeded byEli C. D. Shortridge
Personal details
Born(1850-05-15)May 15, 1850
New York City, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 1918(1918-11-17) (aged 68)
Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseCaroline Cleveland
Alma materDePauw University
ProfessionPolitician

Andrew Horace Burke (May 15, 1850 – November 17, 1918) was an American politician who was the

second Governor of North Dakota
from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

Burke was born in

Children's Aid Society.[1] As a boy, Burke sold newspapers in the city[2] before he was adopted by a family of farmers near Noblesville, Indiana. He enlisted as a drummer boy at the age of 12 with an Indiana regiment on July 17, 1862, in the American Civil War. After returning to Indiana, he finished his education, attending what would become DePauw University for two years. In 1880, after marrying Caroline Cleveland,[3] he moved to Casselton, North Dakota and became a general store bookkeeper.[1]

Career

He next became a cashier of the First National Bank of Casselton and then, for six years, the Treasurer of Cass County.[1]

Burke was elected to the governorship in 1890 as a Republican.

Populist candidate James Weaver – one Republican elector and two electors from a fusion Democratic-Populist slate were selected. The Republican elector voted for the Republican candidate, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison
, while other two electors split, one voting for Cleveland and one voting for Weaver.)

Burke's political career ended when he lost the support of the state's farmers by vetoing a bill that would have forced railroads to lease sites near the tracks for building grain elevators and warehouses under terms that were unacceptable to the railroads.[1][4] He returned to private life and after an unsuccessful stint in the grain business in Minnesota,[4] he became an inspector with the United States General Land Office, subsequently living in Washington, DC; Colorado; and New Mexico.[3][4]

Death

Burke died in Roswell, New Mexico on November 17, 1918.[5] His remains are interred in South Park Cemetery [d] in Roswell.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Andrew H. Burke - North Dakota Governors Online ExhibitExhibits". State Historical Society of North Dakota. 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Masculine Mention". The Rockland Courier Gazette. Vol. 47, no. 42. October 25, 1892. p.5, col. 4 – via DigitalMaine Repository.
  3. ^
    OCLC 310695831, 561312187
    – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^
    OCLC 271165839
    – via HathiTrust.
  5. ^ "Gov. Andrew H. Burke called to last reward". The Clayton News. Vol. 11, no. 49. November 30, 1918. p. 1, col. 1 – via UNM Digital Repository.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Governor of North Dakota
1890, 1892 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
John Miller
Governor of North Dakota

1891–1893 		Succeeded by
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