Robert Emmet Burke (August 1, 1847 – June 5, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Robert Emmet Burke was born near Dadeville, Alabama, and attended nearby public schools. He moved to Jefferson, Texas, in 1866.

Burke enlisted as a private in Confederate States Army, Company D 10th Georgia Regiment before the age of sixteen and served throughout the Civil War.

Robert Emmet Burke studied law. He was admitted to the bar in November 1870 and commenced practice in Dallas, Texas, in 1871. He served as judge of Dallas County 1878–1888. He served as judge of the fourteenth judicial district of Texas 1888–1896.

Burke was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1897.

Robert Emmet Burke died in Dallas, Texas, June 5, 1901, and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

• Burke, Robert Emmet (1898). Bankruptcy. Gov't Print. Off. ASIN: B0008AN6NA.
• Burke, Robert Emmet (1898). McKinley Prosperity ... Speech of Hon. R.E. Burke, of Texas, in the House ... February 3, 1898. Gov't Print. Off. ASIN: B0008AMY3I.
• Burke, Robert Emmet (1899). Fortifications appropriation bill;: Speech of Hon. R.E. Burke, of Texas, in the House of Representatives, Monday, February 27, 1899. ASIN: B0008APLEW.
• Burke, Robert Emmet (1898). Gold standard—Puerto Rico. Gov't Print. Off. ASIN: B00087Y6QE.

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

• United States Congress. "Robert E. Burke (id: B001097)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Biography from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Memorial addresses on the life and character of Robert E. Burke, late a representative from Texas delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1902

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