Burton Kendall Wheeler papers 1909-1916

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Burton Kendall Wheeler papers 1909-1916

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Burton K. Wheeler (1882-1975) was a Butte, Montana, attorney and later U. S. Senator. Papers include general correspondence (1909-1912); three letterpress books of outgoing correspondence (1911-1914) concerning his legal work and his involvement in the Montana Democratic Party; a case file for Mrs. Ed Newman vs. Nat Simons concerning the Consolidated Gold and Sapphire Mining Company; and minor records for the Boulder Creek Mining Company, the Tripp and Dragstedt Company; the Treasure State Mineral Company, and the Harrison Mutual Benefit Association.

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Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...