Thomas Burke scrapbook, 1910.

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Thomas Burke scrapbook, 1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/275169409

The Thomas Burke scrapbook contains newspaper clippings about Burke's 1910 unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate.

1 v. ; 41 centimeters.

University of Washington. Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7244237

University of Washington. Libraries

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Burke, Thomas, 1849-1925

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Judge Thomas Burke was for nearly fifty years a central figure in the political and economic life of Washington State and especially Seattle. Burke arrived in Seattle in 1875 to make his fortune. An astute lawyer and speculator, he acquired a reputation as a talented courtroom advocate. As the Democratic candidate for territorial delegate to Congress in 1880, Burke conducted a vigorous, though unsuccessful, campaign. In 1885 he and Seattle newcomer Daniel Gilman attracted Eastern capital and bui...