When Burke started his political career, the 14th Ward that he represents was centered in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, more than a mile and a half east of where it is now.

The county is in the 26th Ohio Senate district, currently represented by Dave Burke, who previously served on Marysville City Council and as the state Representative for the 83rd Ohio House district.

Burke was also a fugitive, under indictment for robbery and murder in Ohio.

Wyandot County is represented in the Ohio General Assembly by state Representative Jeff McClain, formerly Wyandot County Auditor, and state Senator Dave Burke.

* Tim Burke, Ohio State football player.

On November 5, 2005, Burke performed " A Change is Gonna Come " with Aretha Franklin to close the 10th Annual American Masters Tribute Concert, and also on November 6 in the Gospel Tribute to Sam Cook at the State Theater in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Deele ( pronounced The Deal ) is an American 80s R & B band from Cincinnati, Ohio, originally consisting of Indianapolis native Kenny " Babyface " Edmonds along with Antonio " L. A ." Reid, Carlos " Satin " Greene, Darnell " Dee " Bristol, Stanley Burke, and Kevin " Kayo " Roberson.

* Thomas Henry Burke ( politician ) ( 1904 – 1959 ), American politician from Ohio

* Thomas A. Burke ( 1898 – 1971 ), American Democratic city executive and legislator from Ohio

Airport runways figure into several part-time road courses in North America: Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio hosted a Champ Car race through 2007, the Saint Petersburg course uses the runway of Albert Whitted Airport as its main straight, and Sebring International Raceway, home of the prestigious 12-hour race in March, formerly was a military airfield in Sebring, Florida.

Thomas Aloysius Burke ( October 30, 1898December 5, 1971 ) was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burke served in the U. S. Army before attending the College of the Holy Cross and Western Reserve University Law School.

After serving in various capacities in the law offices of the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and the state of Ohio, Burke was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1945.

Burke attended Ohio State University for only a semester, then studied at Columbia University in 1916-1917 before dropping out to be a writer.

A month later on April 23, members of his gang killed Patrolman R. H. Castner of Bowling Green, Ohio, and on July 22 Floyd killed ATF Agent C. Burke in Kansas City, Missouri.

Pedal steel player Burke Carroll joined the band in 2001 and was followed by Columbus, Ohio based fiddler Megan Palmer.

* Raymond H. Burke, United States politician from Ohio

He was also named CCHA Rookie of the Week three times, CCHA Rookie of the Month once, and was awarded Ohio State's George Burke Most Valuable Freshman award.

Burke was offered a spot in the Spirit Squad by the WWE Creative Team, but turned it down, forcing him to stay in Ohio Valley Wrestling on a longer stint before moving to SmackDown!

Kitty Burke was a nightclub entertainer from Cincinnati, Ohio who was noted for being the only female to ever attempt to bat in a Major League Baseball game, albeit unofficially.

Worth is located within 18th State Senate District which is represented by State Senator Edward Maloney ( D-Chicago ); and located in the 35th Representative District which is represented by State Representative William Cunningham ( D-Chicago ) and the 36th Representative District which is Represented by State Representative Kelly Burke ( D-Evergreen Park ).

At the state level, Burke Township is located in Senate District 22, represented by Republican Doug Magnus, and in House District 22A, represented by Republican Joe Schomacker.

Caldwell attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was a member of Dialectic Senate, became solicitor for Burke County, and was a member of the General Assembly.

Burke oversaw preparation of a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees entitled " The Aging Fleet.

Burke ran for the United States Senate in 1916 but lost.

The Senate elected Bud Burke as Senate President ; Jerry Moran as Senate Vice President ; Sheila Frahm as Majority Leader, and Ben Vidrickisen as Assistant Majority Leader.

The Senate elected Bud Burke as Senate President ; Eric Yost as Senate Vice-President ; Fred Kerr as Majority Leader ; and Ben Vidricksen as Assistant majority Leader.

The Senate elected Robert Talkington as Senate President and Bud Burke as Majority Leader.

Thomas Burke wrote Limehouse Nights ( 1916 ), a collection of stories centered around life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London.

Burke Township is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Mankato educator Tim Walz, a Democrat.

Education was a priority at Burke, and it had an independent school district until 1964 when the Burke school was consolidated with the Diboll Independent School District at Diboll.

Burke is home to Lake Braddock Secondary School, though many students within the district attend Robinson Secondary School and West Springfield High School, as well as South County Secondary School.

Walter Greene Church, Sr. is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly who represented the state's eighty-sixth House district, including constituents in Burke County.

* Mollie S. Burke, Windham-3-2, single member district

The district population is 30, 942 and incorporates the Cloncurry, Boulia, Burke, Carpentaria, Doomadgee, Flinders, Mornington and Richmond shires.

On July 27, 2007, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page story revealing Burke was not living in the mostly low-income district she represented, but rather in the wealthy Brentwood neighborhood, an apparent violation of state law.

Having so closely tied his literature to Limehouse, illuminating an otherwise shadowed community, it is somewhat ironic that Burke ’ s popularity correlated with the decline of Chinese concentration in the district, leaving him all but forgotten today.

Though the majority of Burke ’ s writing was concerned with London, and more specifically the East End and the Limehouse district, Burke also published several eclectic and “ uncharacteristic ” pieces.

Burke was also influenced by the work of Thomas de Quincy, and many of his writings that focus on the Limehouse district bear a resemblance to Quincy ’ s Confessions of an English Opium Eater.

In the chapter entitled " Chinatown Revisited " Burke elaborates on a visit in 1919 to the Limehouse district.

No longer present was the life of the Chinese district that Burke had created.

After retiring from baseball, Burke, used the high five with other homosexual residents of the Castro district of San Francisco, where for many it became a symbol of gay pride and identification.