1. Billy Dean Burlison was an American lawyer and politician who held office in the states of Missouri and Maryland.
12 Facts About Bill Burlison
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Bill Burlison attended Southeast Missouri State University and earned his law degree from the University of Missouri.
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Bill Burlison was admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Missouri courts.
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Bill Burlison represented Missouri as a member of the US Congress starting with the Ninety-first United States Congress in 1969 until he was defeated in a bid for a seventh-term by Bill Emerson in 1980.
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Bill Burlison moved to Maryland shortly after his congressional defeat.
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Bill Burlison was an unsuccessful candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in 1986 and 1990.
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Bill Burlison was elected to the County Council of Anne Arundel County, Maryland County Council in 1998 and re-elected to a second and final term in 2002.
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Bill Burlison lost overwhelmingly both times to Billy Pat Wright.
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Bill Burlison moved to his birthplace of Wardell, Missouri, to run for the 149th district in 2014 as state representative Steve Hodges was facing a term limit.
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Bill Burlison lost to Republican Don Rone, 2,770 to 3,802.
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Bill Burlison married Barbara Humphreys in 1955; they had three children and divorced in 1983.
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Bill Burlison married Michal Sue Mickey Prosser in 1995 and they remained married until his death.