Sala Burton

A Representative from California. Born Sala Galante in Bialystock, Poland, April 1, 1925. Attended public schools in San Francisco and San Francisco University, San Francisco, Calif. Associate director, California Public Affairs Institute, 1948-1950. Vice president, California Democratic Council, 1951-1954. President, San Francisco Democratic Women's Forum, 1957-1959. Delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1976, 1980, and 1984. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative Phillip Burton. Reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (June 21, 1983-February 1, 1987). Died on February 1, 1987, in Washington, D. C. Interment in the Presidio of San Francisco.