Edmund BURKE, Congress, NH (1809-1882)
BURKE Edmund , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Westminster, Vt., January 23, 1809;
attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in
Colebrook, N.H.; moved to Claremont, N.H., in 1833 and assumed editorial management of the New
Hampshire Argus; moved to Newport in 1834 and united the Argus with the Spectator of that place,
continuing as editor for several years; commissioned as adjutant in the State militia in 1837 and as
brigade inspector in 1838; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and
Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination in