district succeeded predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name
wisconsin 2 2nd wisconsin 6 6th michael k. reilly john m. nelson edward voigt 12 december 1918 beaver dam , wisconsin beaver dam , wisconsin democrat march 3 , 1917 march 3 , 1913 charles h. weisse october 15 , 1863 march 4 , 1913 march 4 , 1911 michael e. burke
 wisconsin wisconsin michael e. burke
michael e. burke

michael edmund burke -lrb- october 15 , 1863 -- december 12 , 1918 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from wisconsin .
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 served as town clerk 1887 -- 1889 .
he served as member of the wisconsin state assembly from 1891 to 1893 .
he served in the wisconsin state senate from 1895 to 1899 .
burke served as city attorney of beaver dam from 1893 to 1908 .
he served as delegate to the democratic national convention in 1904 .
burke was elected mayor of beaver dam and served from 1908 to 1910 .
burke was elected as a democrat to the sixty-second united states congress representing wisconsin 's 6th congressional district from march 4 , 1911 till march 3 , 1913 .
he was reelected to the sixty-third , and sixty-fourth congresses this time as a representative of wisconsin 's 2nd congressional district .
-lrb- march 4 , 1913 -- march 3 , 1917 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 .
he died at beaver dam , wisconsin , december 12 , 1918 .
he was interred in st. patrick 's cemetery .
