Raymond H. Burke

Raymond Hugh Burke
Edward J. Gardner
Succeeded by	Edward G. Breen
Personal details
Born	(1881-11-04)November 4, 1881 Nicholsville, Ohio[1]
Died	August 18, 1954(1954-08-18) (aged 72) Hamilton, Ohio
Resting place	Greenwood Cemetery (Hamilton, Ohio)
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Daisy Minnich
Children	One
Alma mater	Oberlin College University of Chicago

Raymond Hugh Burke (November 4, 1881 – August 18, 1954) was a teacher, businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's third district.

Raymond H. Burke was born in Nicholsville, Ohio, the son of Daniel Fletcher Burke and Mary Jane McNair. Fletcher Burke was born in Iowa and was a farmer, mechanic, and machinist who died in the Cincinnati flood of 1884; Mary McNair Burke died when Raymond was six. Raymond went to Clermont County, Ohio to live with his maternal grandparents. Hugh McNair was born in Scotland worked as a blacksmith and was later a postmaster in Clermont County. There Raymond Burke attended Jackson School and then worked on a farm and in the village while studying to teach in rural schools. He taught at Pendleton School near Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1899 and 1900. He was a student at Oberlin Academy (1900–02) and Oberlin College (1902–05) to get a teaching certificate and was graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Chicago in 1906.

Raymond Burke was an instructor in

in 1907. It held its first performance in February 1908, ending the concert with the premiere of Burke's songs that are now known as the university's fight song and alma mater. The Miami Men's Glee Club continues this tradition today, ending its annual fall and spring concerts with the fight song and alma mater. After the great success of the Glee Club, he organized other singing groups for women and for men and women singing together that still survive at Miami University.

On June 24, 1908, Raymond H. Burke married Daisy Minnich, a graduate of the Teachers College of Miami University. They had one son, Robert McNair Burke.

Career

Local Politics

Raymond Burke was personnel and employment manager for The

for the remainder of his life.

Raymond H. Burke was one of the fifteen members elected to a charter commission in November 1925 to write a new

of Hamilton the first twelve of those years.

State and National Politics

Raymond H. Burke was elected to the

resources.

Burke was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1948. He returned to Hamilton and was a lecturer in the finance department of Miami University in 1949 and 1950.

Burke was a

church choir from 1915 until his death.

Burke died in Hamilton in 1954 and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

Notes

Sources

• United States Congress. "Raymond H. Burke (id: B001096)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Ohio: a four-volume reference library on the history of a great state. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1937, 2520 pgs.
• Blount, Jim. "Raymond Burke composed Miami songs." Hamilton Journal-News, September 14, 1992.
• Blount, Jim. "Raymond H. Burke also political success." Hamilton Journal-News, September 21, 1992.

External links

• Raymond H. Burke at Find a Grave
• Miami University Men's Glee Club (Wikipedia page)
• Miami University Men's Glee Club (official website)

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Edward J. Gardner	U.S. Representative from Ohio's District 3 1947–1949	Succeeded by Edward G. Breen