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- Roland_Burris abstract "Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.In 1978, Burris was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Illinois, when he was elected Illinois Comptroller. He served in that office until his election as Illinois Attorney General in 1990. Since then, he has unsuccessfully run for office four more times.Burris was appointed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to replace President-Elect Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois. The appointment was controversial, as the governor was already under investigation and there were rumors of his being paid for the appointment. Prior to Burris's appointment, Obama was the U.S. Senate's only African American member; he resigned his Senate seat after being elected President of the United States.".
- Roland_Burris activeYearsEndDate "1991-01-14".
- Roland_Burris activeYearsEndDate "1995-01-09".
- Roland_Burris activeYearsEndDate "2010-11-29".
- Roland_Burris activeYearsStartDate "1979-01-08".
- Roland_Burris activeYearsStartDate "1991-01-14".
- Roland_Burris activeYearsStartDate "2009-01-15".
- Roland_Burris almaMater Howard_University_School_of_Law.
- Roland_Burris almaMater Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale.
- Roland_Burris birthDate "1937-08-03".
- Roland_Burris birthPlace Centralia,_Illinois.
- Roland_Burris birthPlace Illinois.
- Roland_Burris birthYear "1937".
- Roland_Burris governor James_R._Thompson.
- Roland_Burris governor Jim_Edgar.
- Roland_Burris nationality United_States_nationality_law.
- Roland_Burris office "Illinois Attorney General".
- Roland_Burris office "Illinois Comptroller".
- Roland_Burris orderInOffice "39th".
- Roland_Burris orderInOffice "3rd".
- Roland_Burris party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Roland_Burris religion Baptists.
- Roland_Burris residence Chatham,_Chicago.
- Roland_Burris residence Illinois.
- Roland_Burris successor Dawn_Clark_Netsch.
- Roland_Burris successor Jim_Ryan_(politician).
- Roland_Burris thumbnail Sen_Roland_Burris.jpg?width=300.
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- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Category:Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale_alumni.
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- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Dan_Walker_(politician).
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- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Dianne_Feinstein.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Dick_Cheney.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Dick_Durbin.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink DuPage_County.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink DuPage_County,_Illinois.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Edward_Brooke.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Exoneration.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Federal_Election_Commission.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Financial_Accounting_Foundation.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Freemasonry.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink George_Ryan.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Glenn_Poshard.
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- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Handgun.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Harrison_Ford.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Harry_Reid.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Howard_University_School_of_Law.
- Roland_Burris wikiPageWikiLink Illinois.