Elmer Burkett

Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867 – May 23, 1935) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served six terms as a representative and a senator from Nebraska from 1899 to 1911.

Early life and career

Burkett was born on a farm near

He was a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898.

Congress

Burkett was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905); he was reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress, but resigned, effective March 4, 1905, to become a senator.

U.S. Senate

He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1911. During his term, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Indian Depredations (Fifty-ninth Congress) and on the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses).

Burkett was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910.

Later career

He then resumed the practice of law in Lincoln; he declined the candidacy for

He died in Lincoln on May 23, 1935, and was interred in Wyuka Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Elmer Burkett (id: B001103)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.