William Burke

★ U.S. Representative

Born: September 25, 1862
Died: November 7, 1925
Age at death: 63
Home state: Pennsylvania
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1918–1920

Career timeline

1918Rep 1920Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Burke1.7M

Opponents8.7M

Elections run

Between 1918 and 1920, William Burke ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Burke's biggest single-election total was 1,134,013 votes, in the 1920 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district. Burke's closest win came in the 1918 U.S. House election in Pennsylvania's at-large district, decided by 16,863 votes.

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How many votes has William Burke received?

William Burke has received 1,680,386 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

William Burke’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1920	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	1,134,01316.22%	Anderson Walters (head-to-head) Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Joseph McLaughlin John W Bracken M J Hanlan Wesley W Bowman John McDonough Flora J Diefenderfer William Hart Luther S Kauffman Charles J Bauer A M Buckwalter Warren L Hayden Henry W Schlegel (head-to-head) F E Whittlesey George T Miller Howard Cessna William A Hagan Silas A Kline Thomas A Kavanagh T C Robinson L A Smith Frank Kalcec Herman Spittal Joseph Rack
1918	U.S. HousePennsylvania	Won	546,37316.05%	Mahlon Garland (head-to-head) Thomas Crago Anderson Walters (head-to-head) Joseph F Gorman J Calvin Strayer Samuel R Tarner Fred Ikeler O D Brubaker Elisha Kent Kane Albert Gaddis James L McKee David Bixler Henry W Schlegel (head-to-head) John C Euler Harry T Vaughn James H Dix Ryan Oliver McKnight Calvin B Power

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B001101) and Wikidata (Q8013166). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “William Burke: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/william-burke-pennsylvania. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.