Edward E. Burns

Edward E. Burns
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 16th district
In office 1901–1908
Preceded by	Charles H. Baxter
Succeeded by	John J. Blaine
Personal details
Born	January 20, 1858 East Dubuque, Illinois
Political party	Republican
Residence	Platteville, Wisconsin
Profession	Politician

Edward Eugene Burns was an American lawyer from Platteville, Wisconsin who served as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Background

O'Neil was born in what would later become East Dubuque, Illinois on January 20, 1858. Shortly after he was born, his family moved to Jamestown, Wisconsin, and settled on a farm where he grew up. He attended the Platteville Normal School, later the University of Wisconsin–Platteville; and the University of Wisconsin Law School, graduating in the class of 1887. He practiced law for one year in Boscobel, Wisconsin, then moving to Platteville on December 1, 1890.

Elected office and military service

He was elected a member of the county board in 1895 and 1896, and was the city attorney of Platteville in 1897 and 1898.

In 1898, he entered the Army for two years and served in the Spanish–American War as Captain of Company C of the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment.

He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate's 16th District (Grant and Iowa Counties) on November 6, 1900 (Republican incumbent Charles H. Baxter was not a candidate), beating Democrat William Synon and Prohibitionist John W. Horsfall; and was re-elected in 1904. He was succeeded in 1909 by John J. Blaine, also a Republican.