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Born in Cleveland, Ohio , Burke served in the U.S. Army before attending Holy Cross University and Western Reserve University Law School . After serving in various capacities in the law offices of the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County , and the state of Ohio, Burke was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1945 . He was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Frank Lausche upon the death of Robert A. Taft . Burke lost a special election for the remainder of the term in late 1954 to George H. Bender , who in turn lost to Lausche in 1956 . Burke resumed the practice of law forming the influential Cleveland law firm of Burke, Haber and Berick (now McDonald Hopkins Burke and Haber). REFERENCES
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