Burke Riley was an American Democratic legislator, lawyer and public official on territorial, state and national levels.
10 Facts About Burke Riley
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Burke Riley was a signer of the Alaska Constitution, elected as one of seven at-large delegates from the First Division.
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Burke Riley graduated from Yakima Valley Community College and attended the University of Washington, but he ran out of money in 1937 and moved to Fairbanks, Alaska the following year.
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Burke Riley passed the Alaska Territory's bar examination, and was later appointed assistant to territorial Governor Ernest Gruening.
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Later in the Gruening administration, Burke Riley became the Secretary of Alaska from 1952 to 1953.
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Burke Riley's term was cut short with the change of command from Harry S Truman to Dwight D Eisenhower, and he was succeeded as Secretary by Republican Waino Hendrickson.
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In 1954, Burke Riley was elected to the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives, serving two terms.
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Burke Riley was one of a handful of sitting legislators who were elected as delegates to Alaska's Constitutional Convention.
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Burke Riley later worked in the United States Bureau of Land Management and the Department of the Interior.
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Burke Riley died in a Kirkland, Washington hospice after developing Alzheimer's disease, aged 92.