Background
Burke, Thomas was born on December 22, 1848 in in Clinton Company, New York, United States. Son of James and Bridget Delia Burke.
Burke, Thomas was born on December 22, 1848 in in Clinton Company, New York, United States. Son of James and Bridget Delia Burke.
Graduate Academy Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1870. Student literature department University of Michigan, 1870-1871, law department, 1871-1872. (Doctor of Laws, Whitman College, Washington, 1902).
Admitted to bar, 1873. In practice at Seattle, Washington, since 1875. Judge Probate Court, King Company, Washington, 1876-1880.
Candidate for Congress, 1880.
Chief justice Supreme Court, Washington Ty., December 1888-April 1889.
Married Caroline East. McGilvra, October 6, 1879.