Francis Marion Burdick
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Francis Marion Burdick | |
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| Mayor of Utica, New York | |
| In office 1882–1883 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1845 De Ruyter, New York, US |
| Died | June 3, 1920 (aged 74) De Ruyter, New York, US |
| Spouse |
Sarah Underhill (m. 1875) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Hamilton College |
| Occupation | Jurist, politician |
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Francis Marion Burdick LL.D. (1845–1920) was an American legal scholar.
Francis Marion Burdick was born at De Ruyter, New York on August 1, 1845.[1] His parents were Albert G. Burdick and Eunetia Yale Wheeler Burdick.[2]
On June 8, 1875, he married Sarah Underhill Kellogg, the daughter of Charles C. Kellogg, who founded a Utica lumber company.[3]
Francis and Sarah were Presbyterians.[2] They had a son, Charles (1883–1940), who graduated from Columbia Law School in 1908 and became a professor of law at Cornell.[1][4][5] They also had three daughters: Anna (1877–1960), Katherine (1879–1963), and Flora.[2]
On June 3, 1920, Francis Marion Burdick died at his home in De Ruyter[4] while working in his garden.[2] He had remained academically active up to his death.[5]
Early career
He attended the De Ruyter Institute and Oneida Conference Seminary in Cazenovia,[5] and went on to study at Hamilton College with Professor Theodore Dwight. In 1869, he graduated from Hamilton. He briefly taught Greek at Whitestone Seminary and—though personally a Democrat— he wrote editorials for the Utica Morning Herald, a Republican newspaper,[2] before returning to Hamilton. In 1872, he graduated from the law department.[1]
Upon receiving his law degree in 1872, he joined the firm of Beardsley, Burdick and Beardsley in Utica, N. Y. The Citizens Party asked him to run for mayor,[2] and he was elected and held office 1882–1883.[1]
