Theodore Weld Burdick
Theodore Weld Burdick | |
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Lucien L. Ainsworth | |
Succeeded by | Thomas Updegraff |
Member of the Iowa Senate | |
In office 1886–1887 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Evansburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | October 7, 1836
Died | July 16, 1898 Decorah, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 61)
Resting place | Phelps Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Union Army |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Company D,6th Iowa Cavalry Regiment |
Battles/wars | |
Theodore Weld Burdick (October 7, 1836 – July 16, 1898) was an American banker, Civil War veteran and politician who one term served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, serving from 1877 to 1879.
Biography
Born in Evansburg, Pennsylvania, Burdick attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Decorah, Iowa, in 1853 and at age seventeen became the community's first schoolteacher.[1]
He was a deputy treasurer and recorder of Winneshiek County from 1854 to 1857, and the treasurer and recorder from 1858 to 1862, when he resigned to recruit a company for the Union Army in the Civil War.
Civil War
He was commissioned as captain and assigned to Company D the
Congress
In 1876, Burdick was elected as a Republican to the
Later career
He resumed banking at Decorah, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He served as member of the Iowa Senate in 1886 and 1887.
Death and burial
He died in Decorah from July 16, 1898. He was interred in Phelps Cemetery.
References
- United States Congress. "Theodore Weld Burdick (id: B001078)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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