Timothy Burke was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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 and the Wisconsin State Senate

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Biography

Burke was born on February 2, 1866 in Morrison, Wisconsin

Morrison, Wisconsin

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. He would work as a teacher

Teacher

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, a farmer

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 and a lawyer

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Political career

Burke was a member of the Assembly from 1895 to 1896 and again from 1907 to 1908. In between tenures in the Assembly he was Sheriff of Brown County, Wisconsin from 1901 until 1902. He became Chairman of the Brown County Republican Party in 1904 and served until 1911 and served in the Senate from 1909 to 1924.