Background
Burr, Richard M. was born on November 30, 1955 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Burr, Richard M. was born on November 30, 1955 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Bachelor in Communications, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1978.
National sales manager Carswell Distributing, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1978-1994. State co-chairman North Carolina Taxpayers United, 1993-1998. Member from 5th North Carolina district United States House of Representatives, 1995—2005.
United States Senator from North Carolina, since 2005. Member veterans' affairs, armed services, energy & natural resources, health, education, labor & pensions committees and the select committee on intelligence United States Senate.
Co-chairman Partnership Drug Free North Carolina. Board directors Brenner Children's Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Member Forsyth County Earning by Learning.
Member of Optimist Soccer League, Rotary Club.
Married Brooke Fauth. Children: Tyler, William.