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|image = John Burke, Treasurer of U.S. LCCN2016828802 (2) (cropped).jpg
| image = BURKE, JOHN. GOVERNOR LCCN2016857013.jpg
|caption = Governor Burke, 1908
| caption = Burke, {{circa}} 1920s
| office = [[Chief Justice of North Dakota|Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court]]
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|order1 =24th
| term_start = 1929
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|office1 =Treasurer of the United States
| term_end = 1931
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|term_start1 =April 1, 1913
| predecessor = [[William Nuessle]]
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|term_end1 =January 5, 1921
|preceded1 =[[Carmi A. Thompson]]
| successor = [[Adolph M. Christianson]]
|succeeded1 =[[Frank White (North Dakota politician)|Frank White]]
| office1 = [[Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court]]
| term_start1 = 1924
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|appointer1 =[[Woodrow Wilson]]
|order2 = 10th
| term_end1 = May 14, 1937
| predecessor1 = [[Harrison A. Bronson]]
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|office2 = Governor of North Dakota
| successor1 = [[Peter O. Sathre]]
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|term_start2 = January 9, 1907
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| order2 = 24th
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|term_end2 = January 8, 1913
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| office2 = Treasurer of the United States
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|lieutenant2 = [[Robert S. Lewis]]<br/>[[Usher L. Burdick]]
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| term_start2 = April 1, 1913
|predecessor2= [[Elmore Y. Sarles]]
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| term_end2 = January 5, 1921
|successor2 = [[L. B. Hanna]]
|office3 = Member of the [[North Dakota Senate]]
| preceded2 = [[Carmi Thompson]]
| succeeded2 = [[Frank White (North Dakota politician)|Frank White]]
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|term3 = 1893–1896
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| president2 = [[Woodrow Wilson]]
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|office4 = Member of the [[North Dakota House of Representatives]]
|term4 = 1891
| order3 = 10th
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| office3 = Governor of North Dakota
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|birth_date = February 25, 1859
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| term_start3 = January 9, 1907
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|birth_place = [[Keokuk County, Iowa]], U.S.
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| term_end3 = January 8, 1913
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|5|14|1859|2|25}}
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| lieutenant3 = [[Robert S. Lewis]] (1907 - 1911)<br/>[[Usher L. Burdick]] (1911 - 1913)
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|death_place = [[Rochester, Minnesota]], U.S.
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| predecessor3 = [[Elmore Y. Sarles]]
|spouse = Mary Kane
| successor3 = [[L. B. Hanna]]
| office4 = Member of the [[North Dakota Senate]]
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|profession = Lawyer
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| term4 = 1893–1896
|religion = Roman Catholic<ref>[http://www.ndhorizons.com/featured/index.asp?ID=69 Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427124704/http://www.ndhorizons.com/featured/index.asp?ID=69 |date=2015-04-27 }}, ndhorizons.com; accessed April 19, 2015.</ref>
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| office5 = Member of the [[North Dakota House of Representatives]]
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| signature = John Burke (Engraved Signature).jpg
| term5 = 1891–1893
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| birth_date = February 25, 1859
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| birth_place = [[Sigourney, Iowa]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|5|14|1859|2|25}}
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| death_place = [[Rochester, Minnesota]], U.S.
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse = Mary Kane
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| profession = Lawyer
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| signature = John Burke (Engraved Signature).jpg
| resting_place = St. Mary's Cemetery, [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Iowa]]
| nickname = Honest John
| children = 3
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'''John Burke''' (February 25, 1859 – May 14, 1937)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=John Burke |url=https://www.history.nd.gov/exhibits/governors/governors10.html |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=www.history.nd.gov |publisher=[[State Historical Society of North Dakota]]}}</ref> was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from [[North Dakota]] who served as the [[List of governors of North Dakota|10th]] [[governor of North Dakota]] from 1907 to 1913,<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Gov. John Burke |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-burke/ |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=www.nga.org |date=7 December 2010 |publisher=[[National Governors Association]]}}</ref> and later served as the [[Treasurer of the United States#List of treasurers|24th]] [[treasurer of the United States]] under President [[Woodrow Wilson]] from 1913 to 1921.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Profile: John Burke |url=https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr4/early-settlement-north-dakota/part-1-early-settlement-north-dakota/john-burke |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=www.ndstudies.gov |publisher=[[State Historical Society of North Dakota]]}}</ref> Following his term as treasurer, he subsequently served intermittently as Chief Justice of the [[North Dakota Supreme Court]] first from 1929 to 1931, then from 1935 until his death in 1937.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=May 14, 1937 |title="John Burke Dead; Ex-U.S. Treasurer" |volume=86 |page=19 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=28,966 |location=New York City, New York |publication-date=May 15, 1937 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/05/15/issue.html |access-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref>
'''John Burke''' (February 25, 1859 – May 14, 1937) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from [[North Dakota]]. He was the [[List of Governors of North Dakota|tenth Governor of North Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John Burke|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_north_dakota/col2-content/main-content-list/title_burke_john.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Early life==
Burke was born in [[Keokuk County, Iowa]] of Irish ancestry to John and Mary (née Ryan) Burke. He graduated from the [[University of Iowa]] with a law degree in 1886. He married Mary E. Kane, a teacher, on August 22, 1891, and they had a son, Thomas, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Marian.<ref name="soylent">{{cite web|title=John Burke|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/139/000208512/|publisher=Soylent Communications|accessdate= September 5, 2012}}</ref>
Burke was born in [[Sigourney, Iowa]] of Irish ancestry to John and Mary (née Ryan) Burke.<ref name=":1" /> He graduated from the [[University of Iowa]] in 1886 with a law degree. He married Mary E. Kane, a teacher, on August 22, 1891, and they later had three children.<ref name="soylent">{{cite web |title=John Burke |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/139/000208512/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507201404/https://www.nndb.com/people/139/000208512/ |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=[[NNDB|Notable Names Database (NNDB)]] |publisher=Soylent Communications}}</ref>

After establishing two separate practices of middling success in the late 1880s, Burke moved to the [[Dakota Territory]] poor in 1888 where he acquired work wherever he could before settling down in [[St. John, North Dakota|St. John]] in [[Rolette County, North Dakota|Rolette County]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Burke |url=https://www.ndcourts.gov/john-burke |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=www.ndcourts.gov |publisher=[[Courts of North Dakota|State of North Dakota Courts]]}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Following his move to St. John, Burke began a legal practice and subsequently became a Rolette [[County judge]] in 1889.<ref name=":2" />
Burke's legal career was established in Iowa and Minnesota before he moved to the [[Dakota Territory]]. After North Dakota was admitted to the union, he served in the state's House of Representatives in 1891 and in its Senate from 1893 to 1896. He served three terms (1907–1913) as the [[List of Governors of North Dakota|tenth Governor of North Dakota]].{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}


Two years after [[Dakota Territory#Statehood|the admission of North Dakota]] to the [[United States]], Burke was elected to the [[North Dakota House of Representatives]] in 1891 and later served in the [[North Dakota Senate]] from 1893 to 1896. In 1896, Burke unsuccessfully sought election to the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], losing by 4,000 votes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Burke II |first=John |date=August 2004 |title=Remembering John Burke |url=https://www.ndcourts.gov/about-us/history/remembering-john-burke |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=www.ndcourts.gov |publisher=[[Courts of North Dakota|State of North Dakota Courts]] |location=Speech given at [[North Dakota Governor's Residence#Former Governor's Residence|Old Governor's Mansion]], [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]}}</ref> Following this, Burke returned to Rolette County, serving as a county judge for another term from 1897 to 1899.
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At the [[1912 Democratic National Convention]] in Baltimore, Burke enthusiastically supported the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson. Burke swung all of North Dakota's votes to Wilson on the first ballot. William Jennings Bryan, himself a supporter of Wilson and also a good friend of Burke's, wanted Burke to run for Vice-President. Burke demurred, however, due to a promise he had given Indiana delegates for their votes. As a result, [[Thomas R. Marshall]] of Indiana was chosen for Vice-President. Burke was named United States Treasurer following Wilson’s election victory in November 1912. From 1913 to 1921 Burke was [[Treasurer of the United States]], under President [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Burke ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1916.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

After reluctantly accepting the nomination to run for [[governor of North Dakota]] by unanimous vote, Burke secured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and ousted incumbent [[Elmore Y. Sarles|Elmore Sarles]] in what was called the '[[1906 North Dakota gubernatorial election|Revolution of 1906]]', being the first step in the dismantling of Republican National committeeman [[Alexander McKenzie (politician)|Alexander McKenzie]]'s political machine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Section 4: The Revolution of 1906 |url=https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr8/content/unit-iii-waves-development-1861-1920/lesson-4-alliances-and-conflicts/topic-5-bosses-and-reformers/section-4-revolution-1906 |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=www.ndstudies.gov |publisher=[[State Historical Society of North Dakota]]}}</ref> Burke's campaign attracted wide [[Bipartisanship|bipartisan]] support, mostly those Republicans and other majority groups who had distaste for the incumbent Sarles administration, and the McKenzie political machine which had dominated the state for the previous 20 years.<ref>{{Cite book |title=History of North Dakota |publisher=[[University of North Dakota]] |year=2017 |location=[[Grand Forks, North Dakota]] |pages=255–275 |language=en |chapter=13: The Progressive Movement |chapter-url=https://commons.und.edu |department=UND Scholarly Commons}}</ref> Following his taking of office, Burke, a [[Progressive Era|new-era progressive]], instituted and pursued policies against the railroad monopolists which had dominated state politics previously, and a number of reforms against corruption, which Burke personally despised and had crusaded against in all offices.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> His personality, political beliefs, and actions had garnered him the nickname 'Honest John', a name which Burke himself disliked, not wanting to be compared to [[Abraham Lincoln|President Abraham Lincoln]], who was nicknamed 'Honest Abe'<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" />

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At the [[1912 Democratic National Convention]] in [[Baltimore]], Burke enthusiastically supported the candidacy of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Burke swung all of North Dakota's votes to Wilson on the first ballot. [[William Jennings Bryan]], himself a supporter of Wilson and also a good friend of Burke's, wanted Burke to run for vice president. Burke demurred, however, due to a promise he had given Indiana delegates for their votes. As a result, [[Thomas R. Marshall]] of Indiana was chosen instead for the vice presidency. Burke was named United States Treasurer following Wilson's [[1912 United States presidential election|election victory in November 1912]]. From 1913 to 1921, Burke was [[Treasurer of the United States]] under President Woodrow Wilson before he resigned two months prior to Wilson's leaving office to start a brokerage firm on [[Wall Street]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" /> During his term as treasurer, Burke ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] in 1916.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Vossler |first=Bill |title=The Governors Burke |url=https://www.ndhorizons.com/articles/56/the-governors-burke.aspx |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=www.ndhorizons.com |publisher=North Dakota Horizons}}</ref>

Following his resignation from the [[United States Department of the Treasury|treasury]], Burke founded the Kardos & Burke brokerage firm with businessman Louis Montgomery Kardos Jr. on Wall Street. In 1924, the firm was made defunct after Kardos was found guilty of criminally defrauding investors in a [[Bucket shop (stock market)|bucket shop]] scheme. Burke was later exonerated of any association with the crimes, with his only personal investment being the loan which founded the firm.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 25, 1922 |title=Kardos Has Hopes of Father's Aid |volume=71 |pages=1,3 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=23,408 |location=New York City, New York |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/02/25/issue.html |access-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 25, 1924 |title=Kardos Sentenced to Jail and Fined |volume=74 |page=20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=24,442 |location=New York City, New York |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1924/12/25/issue.html |access-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref> To please investigators, Burke sold all of his property and gave up a large amount of his wealth before moving back to [[Fargo, North Dakota]].<ref name=":5" />

He later served as a justice of the [[North Dakota Supreme Court]], a position he had always desired, from 1924 to 1937.<ref name=":3" /> During this time he served as chief justice twice, from 1929 to 1931, and from 1935 to 1937.


==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
In the midst of his second term as chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, Burke developed a pulmonary edema. For the edema, he underwent an operation to relieve it, but died following the operation on May 14, 1937.<ref name=":5" />
He later served as a justice of the [[North Dakota Supreme Court]] from 1924 until his death on May 14, 1937. [[Burke County, North Dakota]] is named in his honor. His remains are interred in Saint Mary's Cemetery, [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]. The State of North Dakota donated a [[John Burke (Fairbanks)|statue of Burke]] to the [[United States Capitol|United States Capitol's]] [[National Statuary Hall Collection]] in 1963. There is also a statue of Burke at the State Capitol grounds in Bismarck, ND. [[File:John Burke statue at Capitol grounds.jpg|thumb|Statue of John Burke at the State Capitol grounds, Bismarck, ND.]]

Following Burke's death, many politicians and officials mourned and remembered Burke for his character and ideals. By many, Burke is considered to be one of the greatest North Dakota politicians. During his lifetime, many called Burke a hero, as well as 'the first citizen of North Dakota'.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Langer |first=William |title=Speech given in memorial of John Burke at the North Dakota Supreme Court |location=[[North Dakota Supreme Court]], [[Bismarck, North Dakota]] |author-link=William Langer}}</ref> His remains are interred in Saint Mary's Cemetery, [[Bismarck, North Dakota]].<ref name=":1" />

[[Burke County, North Dakota]] is named in honor of John Burke. The [[World War II]] ship [[SS John Burke|SS ''John Burke'']] is also named after Burke.

In 1963, the State of North Dakota donated a [[Statue of John Burke|statue of Burke]] to the [[United States Capitol|United States Capitol's]] [[National Statuary Hall Collection]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Burke Statue, U.S. Capitol for North Dakota {{!}} AOC|url=https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/john-burke|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.aoc.gov}}</ref> A similar statue also stands on the grounds of the [[North Dakota State Capitol]] in Bismarck.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Center for Heritage Renewal |title=Remembrance in Stone |url=http://heritagerenewal.org/stone/burke.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908130731/http://heritagerenewal.org/stone/burke.htm |archive-date=2021-09-08 |access-date=2021-09-08 |website=Remembrance in Stone}}</ref>


[[File:John Burke statue at Capitol grounds.jpg|thumb|Statue of John Burke at the State Capitol grounds, Bismarck, ND]]
==See also==
*[[List of Liberty ships: J#|List of Liberty ships]]
*[[Liberty Ship]] [[SS John Burke]]


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John Burke
Burke, c. 1920s
Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
In office
1929–1931
Preceded byWilliam Nuessle
Succeeded byAdolph M. Christianson
Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
In office
1924 – May 14, 1937
Preceded byHarrison A. Bronson
Succeeded byPeter O. Sathre
24th Treasurer of the United States
In office
April 1, 1913 – January 5, 1921
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byCarmi Thompson
Succeeded byFrank White
10th Governor of North Dakota
In office
January 9, 1907 – January 8, 1913
LieutenantRobert S. Lewis (1907 - 1911)
Usher L. Burdick (1911 - 1913)
Preceded byElmore Y. Sarles
Succeeded byL. B. Hanna
Member of the North Dakota Senate
In office
1893–1896
Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
In office
1891–1893
Personal details
BornFebruary 25, 1859
Sigourney, Iowa, U.S.
DiedMay 14, 1937(1937-05-14) (aged 78)
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Resting placeSt. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, North Dakota
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Kane
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
ProfessionLawyer
Signature
NicknameHonest John

John Burke (February 25, 1859 – May 14, 1937)[1] was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from North Dakota who served as the 10th governor of North Dakota from 1907 to 1913,[2] and later served as the 24th treasurer of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1921.[3] Following his term as treasurer, he subsequently served intermittently as Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court first from 1929 to 1931, then from 1935 until his death in 1937.[4]

Early life

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Burke was born in Sigourney, Iowa of Irish ancestry to John and Mary (née Ryan) Burke.[2] He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1886 with a law degree. He married Mary E. Kane, a teacher, on August 22, 1891, and they later had three children.[5]

After establishing two separate practices of middling success in the late 1880s, Burke moved to the Dakota Territory poor in 1888 where he acquired work wherever he could before settling down in St. John in Rolette County.[6]

Career

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Following his move to St. John, Burke began a legal practice and subsequently became a Rolette County judge in 1889.[3]

Two years after the admission of North Dakota to the United States, Burke was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1891 and later served in the North Dakota Senate from 1893 to 1896. In 1896, Burke unsuccessfully sought election to the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party, losing by 4,000 votes.[7] Following this, Burke returned to Rolette County, serving as a county judge for another term from 1897 to 1899.

After reluctantly accepting the nomination to run for governor of North Dakota by unanimous vote, Burke secured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and ousted incumbent Elmore Sarles in what was called the 'Revolution of 1906', being the first step in the dismantling of Republican National committeeman Alexander McKenzie's political machine.[8] Burke's campaign attracted wide bipartisan support, mostly those Republicans and other majority groups who had distaste for the incumbent Sarles administration, and the McKenzie political machine which had dominated the state for the previous 20 years.[9] Following his taking of office, Burke, a new-era progressive, instituted and pursued policies against the railroad monopolists which had dominated state politics previously, and a number of reforms against corruption, which Burke personally despised and had crusaded against in all offices.[1][7] His personality, political beliefs, and actions had garnered him the nickname 'Honest John', a name which Burke himself disliked, not wanting to be compared to President Abraham Lincoln, who was nicknamed 'Honest Abe'[10][7]

At the 1912 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, Burke enthusiastically supported the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson. Burke swung all of North Dakota's votes to Wilson on the first ballot. William Jennings Bryan, himself a supporter of Wilson and also a good friend of Burke's, wanted Burke to run for vice president. Burke demurred, however, due to a promise he had given Indiana delegates for their votes. As a result, Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana was chosen instead for the vice presidency. Burke was named United States Treasurer following Wilson's election victory in November 1912. From 1913 to 1921, Burke was Treasurer of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson before he resigned two months prior to Wilson's leaving office to start a brokerage firm on Wall Street.[1][4][7] During his term as treasurer, Burke ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1916.[10]

Following his resignation from the treasury, Burke founded the Kardos & Burke brokerage firm with businessman Louis Montgomery Kardos Jr. on Wall Street. In 1924, the firm was made defunct after Kardos was found guilty of criminally defrauding investors in a bucket shop scheme. Burke was later exonerated of any association with the crimes, with his only personal investment being the loan which founded the firm.[11][12] To please investigators, Burke sold all of his property and gave up a large amount of his wealth before moving back to Fargo, North Dakota.[4]

He later served as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, a position he had always desired, from 1924 to 1937.[7] During this time he served as chief justice twice, from 1929 to 1931, and from 1935 to 1937.

Death and legacy

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In the midst of his second term as chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, Burke developed a pulmonary edema. For the edema, he underwent an operation to relieve it, but died following the operation on May 14, 1937.[4]

Following Burke's death, many politicians and officials mourned and remembered Burke for his character and ideals. By many, Burke is considered to be one of the greatest North Dakota politicians. During his lifetime, many called Burke a hero, as well as 'the first citizen of North Dakota'.[13] His remains are interred in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, North Dakota.[2]

Burke County, North Dakota is named in honor of John Burke. The World War II ship SS John Burke is also named after Burke.

In 1963, the State of North Dakota donated a statue of Burke to the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.[14] A similar statue also stands on the grounds of the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck.[15]

Statue of John Burke at the State Capitol grounds, Bismarck, ND

References

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  1. ^ a b c "John Burke". www.history.nd.gov. State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Gov. John Burke". www.nga.org. National Governors Association. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Profile: John Burke". www.ndstudies.gov. State Historical Society of North Dakota. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d ""John Burke Dead; Ex-U.S. Treasurer"". The New York Times. Vol. 86, no. 28, 966. New York City, New York (published May 15, 1937). May 14, 1937. p. 19. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "John Burke". Notable Names Database (NNDB). Soylent Communications. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ "John Burke". www.ndcourts.gov. State of North Dakota Courts. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e Burke II, John (August 2004). "Remembering John Burke". www.ndcourts.gov. Speech given at Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck, North Dakota: State of North Dakota Courts. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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Party political offices
Preceded by
Marthinus F. Hegge
 Democratic nominee for Governor of North Dakota
1906, 1908, 1910 		Succeeded by
First Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from North Dakota
(Class 1)
1916 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of the United States
April 1, 1913–January 5, 1921 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of North Dakota
1907–1913 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Justice of North Dakota
1929–1931 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Justice of North Dakota
1935–1937 		Succeeded by
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