Charles Burke

★ U.S. Representative

Born: April 1, 1861
Died: April 7, 1944
Age at death: 83
Home state: South Dakota
Party: Republican
Years in office: 13 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1898–1912

Career timeline

1898Rep 1900Rep 1902Rep 1904Rep 1908Rep 1910Rep

1912Rep

7-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Burke363,471

Opponents787,341

Elections run

Between 1898 and 1912, Charles Burke ran in 7 U.S. House elections, winning all 7. Burke's biggest single-election total was 69,936 votes, in the 1904 U.S. House election in South Dakota's at-large district. Burke's closest win came in the 1900 U.S. House election in South Dakota's at-large district, decided by 34 votes.

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How many votes has Charles Burke received?

Charles Burke has received 363,471 popular votes across 7 U.S. elections, with a career record of 7–0.

Election history

Charles Burke’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1912	U.S. HouseSouth Dakota	Won	23,17057.05%	C Boyd Barrett Sr. W J Edgar (head-to-head) E Francis Atwood
1910	U.S. HouseSouth Dakota	Won	64,77731.73%	Eben Martin (head-to-head) W W Soule J E Kelley (head-to-head) K Lewis W J Edgar (head-to-head) Isaac M Burnside
1908	U.S. HouseSouth Dakota	Won	67,40029.91%	Eben Martin (head-to-head) Robert E Dowdell Andr H Olson E S Chappell L R Erskine T G Deffebach S H Goodfellow L Schneider V W S Bray
1904	U.S. HouseSouth Dakota	Won	69,93635%	Eben Martin (head-to-head) Wesley A Stuart William A Lynch Smith (head-to-head) S A Cochrane A Jamison C K Thompson A J McCain G W Lattin
1902	U.S. HouseSouth Dakota	Won	48,31032.51%	Eben Martin (head-to-head) Wilson Robinson Freeman Knowles (head-to-head) Price J E Kelley (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head)
1900	U.S. HouseSouth Dakota	Won	53,58328.06%	Eben Martin (head-to-head) Andrew E Lee Joseph B Moore O A Harpel M Rogers Edm F English John M Pease
1898	U.S. HouseSouth Dakota	Won	36,29525.68%	Robert Gamble J E Kelley (head-to-head) Freeman Knowles (head-to-head) A Jamieson M H Alexander

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B001087) and Wikidata (Q1064658). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified September 25, 2026.