Michael E. Burke

Michael Edmund Burke (October 15, 1863 – December 12, 1918) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing east-central Wisconsin from 1911 to 1917. He previously served four years each in the Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Dodge County, and was mayor of Beaver Dam from 1908 to 1910.

Biography Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Burke attended local public schools and graduated from the Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam in 1884. He studied law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1886 and 1887. He was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice in Beaver Dam. He was interred in St. Patrick's Cemetery.