Bill D. Burlison

A Representative from Missouri. Born in Wardell, Pemiscot County, Mo. , March 15, 1931. B. A. , Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Mo. , 1953. B. S. , Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Mo. , 1959. M. Ed. And LL. B. , University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. , 1956. Admitted to practice before United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Military Appeals, United States District Court, and all Missouri courts. President, Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys Association. Assistant attorney general of Missouri, 1960-1962. Prosecuting attorney, Cape Girardeau County, 1963-1969. Head General Courts-Martial Trial Counsel, Second Marine Division, United States Marine Corps. Instructor, Southeast Missouri State College. Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1964. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1981). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980. Resumed the practice of law. Unsuccessful candidate for Maryland state house of delegates in 1986 and 1990. Member, Anne Arundel, Md. County council, 1998-2006. Relocated to Advance, Mo. Unsuccessful candidate for Missouri state house of representatives in 2008, 2010, and 2014. Died on March 17, 2019, in Wardell, Mo. Interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Bell City, Mo.