Joseph R. Burton
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 100 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 16,1852 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Mitchell |
| Indiana | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | February 27,1923 |
| Died | Los Angeles |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Party | Republican Party |
| Previous position | Senator (1901–1906), Kansas State Representative (1882–1892) |
| Education | United States Naval Academy |
| DePauw University | |
| Franklin College | |
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| ID | 685348 |
Joseph R. Burton Life story
Joseph Ralph Burton was a lawyer and United States Senator from the state of Kansas. He was the first Senator to be convicted of a crime. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives several times in the 1880s, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1901, but was convicted of accepting bribes in 1905.
