Burke, John (1859-1937), served from 1913 to 1921 as treasurer of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson. A Democrat, he also served three terms as governor of North Dakota from 1907 to 1912. Burke served as a state senator from 1893 to 1895, and as a North Dakota Supreme Court justice from 1925 to 1937. He was born on Feb. 25, 1859, in Keokuk County, Iowa. He died on May 14, 1937. A statue of Burke represents North Dakota in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
