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unusual facts about George J. Burke



2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion

In October 2012, former Senator George J. Mitchell was chosen to lead talks in the settlement of fines in the explosion.

66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Colonel Patrick E. Burke - mortally wounded at the Battle of Rome Cross Roads on May 16, 1864 while commanding 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing, XVI Corps, Army of the Tennessee.

Andrew Burke

Andrew H. Burke (1850–1918), American politician who served as governor of North Dakota

Andrew H. Burke

He next became a cashier of the First National Bank of Casselton and then, for six years, the Treasurer of Cass County.

The state participated in the 1892 U.S. presidential election, when Grover Cleveland was elected to a second term as President of the United States.

Anthony Burke

Anthony Burke, Australian international relations scholar and political theorist

Charles Eric Maine

He published three issues of a science fiction magazine called The Satellite which he co-edited along with J. F. Burke.

Daniel Burke

Daniel J. Burke (born 1951), Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives

Flying Hawk

Three years later, U.S. Commissioner for Indian Affairs Charles H. Burke was asked to resign for the Oklahoma scandal.

Frank Burke

Frank G. Burke (born 1927), Acting Archivist of the United States

Frederick George Topham

George J. Peters awarded the Medal of Honor for an action during the same operation, on the same day

George Bates

George J. Bates (1891–1949) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts.

George Digby

George J. Digby (born 1918), American scout and consultant in Major League Baseball

George J. F. Clarke

He wrote a long article on the growing and curing of tobacco for cigar-making and discussed how the bulbous roots of "comtee" (coontie), which grows wild in Florida and Georgia, could be used to make a starchy flour called Florida arrowroot, thus anticipating a future commercial enterprise in Florida.

After his death the Florida Herald published in seven parts Clarke's letter to Rev. Jedidiah Morse, D. D., corresponding secretary of the American Civilization Society.

George J. Fisher

Fisher served as deputy Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America from 1919 to 1943, and as National Scout Commissioner from 1943 until his death in 1960.

George J. Graham, Jr.

In 1995-96, he was awarded a Fulbright and spent the year as Distinguished John Marshall Chair at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences (now Corvinus University of Budapest), in Hungary.

George J. Hatfield

There was also a bridge named the "George J. Hatfield Bridge" which was located along Route 165 at the San Joaquin River in Merced County.

George J. Lewis

He is probably best known for playing Don Alejandro de la Vega, who was Don Diego de la Vega's father in the 1950s Disney television series Zorro.

George J. Terwilliger III

A former U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Deputy U.S. Attorney General (1991–93) in the George H. W. Bush administration, Terwilliger specialized in white-collar crime and terrorism.

He is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and is a former United States Deputy Attorney General and acting United States Attorney General.

George J. Trautman, III

Lieutenant General Trautman earned a B.S. in Biology from Pennsylvania State University where he was a member of the Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity.

He completed initial aircrew training at 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and was then transferred to 1st Marine Brigade, MCAS Kaneohe, Hawaii.

George J. Walker

He served tours in France, Germany, Korea and Vietnam as well as stateside assignments at Seneca Army Depot, Romulus, New York; Fort Holabird, Maryland; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Hood, Texas; Washington, DC; and Fort McPherson, Georgia.

Hostages Trial

The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal V, were Charles F. Wennerstrum (presiding judge) from Iowa, George J. Burke from Michigan, and Edward F. Carter from Nebraska.

James F. Burke

At one point the United States Golf Association asked him to prepare a set of rules which was ultimately presented to the international committee at St Andrews in Scotland.

Jicarilla language

Axelrod, Melissa; Gómez de García, Jule; Lachler, Jordan; & Burke, Sean M. (Eds.).

Justice Burke

Edward T. Burke (1870–1935), American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota

Anne M. Burke (born 1944), Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the First Judicial District

Kevin Burke

Kevin M. Burke (born 1946), American attorney and politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Marquette Sports Law Review

Anne M. Burke, justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, "2008 Joseph E. O’Neil Award Acceptance Speech," 19 Marq. L. Rev. 339 (2008).

Matt Karchner

He also told baseball investigator George J. Mitchell that one of the players had injected the steroids into the other player's buttocks, and then injected them into his own body.

Mike Krukow

Prior to Barry Bonds indictment for perjury (in late 2007) and inclusion in George J. Mitchell's report regarding steroids in Major League Baseball (released on December 13, 2007), Krukow staunchly defended Bonds against allegations of Bonds' steroid use as described in Game of Shadows (a 2006 book about performance-enhancing drug use among high level athletes).

N9NE Group

In 2001, George J. Maloof, Jr. of the Maloof family and owner of the Palms Hotel and Casino asked DeGraff and Morton to recreate their Chicago steakhouse Nine and after-hours Ghostbar at the Palms.

Orlando Boss

He had then appealed to his brigade commander, General George J. Stannard, for permission to rescue the Lieutenant.

Parnell Commission

On 6 May 1882 two leading members of the British Government in Ireland, Chief Secretary for Ireland Lord Frederick Cavendish and the Permanent Under-Secretary for Ireland T.H. Burke were stabbed to death in Phoenix Park, Dublin by the Irish National Invincibles (see Phoenix Park Murders).

Patrick Burke

Patrick E. Burke (1830–1864), lawyer, Missouri state legislator, and Civil War officer

Quentin Thomas

He led the team supporting Ministers in the 1996-98 roundtable talks, chaired by United States Senator George Mitchell, which culminated in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

Raymond H. Burke

Raymond Burke was personnel and employment manager for The Hooven-Owens-Rentschler Company tool works, a major Hamilton, Ohio employer, from 1918 to 1923.

Richard J. Burke

He was married on October 19, 1940 to Josephina Battaglia the daughter of Carmelo Battaglia of Monte Maggiore Belsito, Palermo, Sicily, and Antonia Fasulo of Burgio, Agrigento, Sicily.

Ricky Stone

On December 13, 2007, Stone was included in the detailed Mitchell Report by Senator George Mitchell in which he was alleged to have used steroids throughout his career.

Ride Ranger Ride

Texas Ranger Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and cavalry Lieutenant Bob Cameron (George J. Lewis) are competing for the attentions of Dixie Summerall (Kay Hughes), the beautiful daughter of Colonel Summerall (Robert Homans) at Fort Adobe, Texas.

Robert A. Altman

Altman is known for having several former high level members of the Democratic Party of his acquaintance including Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe,Former United States House of Representatives Majority Whip Tony Coelho, and Former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell of Maine.

Susan L. Burke

The lawsuit, which stemmed from the firefight in Nisoor Square in Baghdad, alleged Blackwater had violated the federal Alien Tort Statute by committing extrajudicial killing and war crimes, and that the company was liable for assault and battery, wrongful death, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, and negligent hiring, training and supervision.

T. J. Burke

On January 22, 2010, Burke performed a rendition of Larry Platt's "Pants on the Ground" when criticizing conservative opposition leader David Alward during a session of the New Brunswick provincial legislature, garnering international attention.

The Prosecution of an American President

The Prosecution of an American President is a 2012 American documentary film about the Iraq War directed by Dave Hagen and David J. Burke.

Tichnor, Arkansas

Lloyd L. Burke, awarded a Medal of Honor for this actions in the Korean War, was born in Tichnor.

Todd Williams

On December 13, 2007, Williams was one of many athletes mentioned in the detailed Mitchell Report by Senator George Mitchell in which he was alleged to have used performance-enhancing drugs.

UK Unionist Party

The UKUP (and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)) refused to accept US Senator George Mitchell as chairman of the multi-party talks and tried to obstruct him in the undertaking of his tasks.

William H. Burke, Jr.

Burke began his political involvement in 1934 when he assisted James Michael Curley during his successful run for Governor of Massachusetts.


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