Background
Burch was born near the community of Dyer"s Store in Henry County, Virginia.
politician representative senator
Burch was born near the community of Dyer"s Store in Henry County, Virginia.
He represented Virginia in the United States. House of Representatives from 1931 until 1946. In 1946 he served as a United States. Senator after Carter Glass died in office until a successor was elected. Early in his life, he worked as a farmer and for a tobacco manufacturing company.
After his move to Martinsville, where he was elected mayor, Burch worked in banking, and later in the real estate and insurance businesses, owning a business devoted to both.
Burch was elected as a Democrat to the 72nd Congress in 1931, and served until May 1946, when he was appointed to the United States Senate. Thomas "Tom" Burch was married April 22, 1903 to Mary Ellen Anson, the daughter of Review
Alfred West. Anson, an Episcopal priest born at Windsor Castle, son of Honorary Review Frederick Anson.
On March 20, 1951 Burch died of a heart attack in Martinsville and was buried in the city"s Oakwood Cemetery.
1930. Burch was elected to the United States. House of Representatives unopposed. 1936; Burch was re-elected with 64.96% of the vote, defeating Republican Taylor G. Vaughan.
1938; Burch was re-elected unopposed.
1940. Burch was re-elected unopposed. 1944; Burch was re-elected with 84.61% of the vote, defeating now-Independent Carwile.
1934; Burch was re-elected with 88.18% of the vote, defeating Republican Henry P. Wilder and Socialist Ira C. Wentz. 1942; Burch was re-elected with 93.14% of the vote, defeating Socialist Howard Hearnes Carwile.