Dan Burton (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Indiana (5)
- Birth Date: June 21, 1938
- Occupation: congressman
- Religion: Christian
- Web site: http://www.house.gov/burton/
Education
- Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Attended
- Indiana University, Attended
Dan Burton was born in Indianapolis, and still resides there. He attended Indiana University and Cincinnati Bible Seminary, then served in the Army from 1956-57 and in the Army Reserves from 1957-62. He worked as a real estate and insurance agent and founded the Dan Burton Insurance Agency in 1968.
Burton served in the Indiana House, from 1967-68 and 1977-80. He served in the Indiana Senate from 1969-70, and 1981-82. Burton was first elected to the U.S. House in 1982.
He has three children from his former wife, Barbara, who died in May 2002 at age 65.
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