Elmer Burkett

Elmer Jacob Burkett
United States Senator
from Nebraska
In office
March 4, 1905  March 3, 1911
Preceded by Charles H. Dietrich
Succeeded by Gilbert Hitchcock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1899  March 3, 1905
Preceded by Jesse B. Strode
Succeeded by Ernest M. Pollard
Member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
In office
1896–1898
Personal details
Born (1867-12-01)December 1, 1867
Glenwood, Iowa
Died May 23, 1935(1935-05-23) (aged 67)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Political party Republican

Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867  May 23, 1935) was a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska.

Burkett was born on a farm near Glenwood, Iowa. He attended the public schools and graduated from Tabor College in 1890 and from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1893. He served as principal of the Leigh, Nebraska, public schools from 1890–1892; he was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Lincoln, Nebraska. Burkett was a trustee of Tabor College from 1895-1905. He was a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives 1896-1898.

Burkett was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905); he was reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress, but resigned, effective March 4, 1905, to become a Senator. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1905, to March 4, 1911. During his term, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Indian Depredations (Fifty-ninth Congress) and on the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses). Burkett was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910. He then resumed the practice of law in Lincoln; he declined the candidacy for Governor of Nebraska in 1912, and was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Vice Presidential nomination in 1912 after the death of incumbent James S. Sherman. He died in Lincoln on May 23, 1935, and was interred in Wyuka Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jesse Burr Strode
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's 1st congressional district

18991905
Succeeded by
Ernest M. Pollard
United States Senate
Preceded by
Charles H. Dietrich
United States Senator from Nebraska (Class 1)
19051911
Succeeded by
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
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