Roland Burris

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roland_Burris

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Howard_University_School_of_Law gptkb:Southern_Illinois_University_Carbondale
gptkbp:birthDate	1937-08-03
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Centralia,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Roland_W._Burris_II
gptkbp:ethnicity	gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:notableFor	being appointed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:politician
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:Comptroller_of_Illinois gptkb:United_States_Senator gptkb:Attorney_General_of_Illinois
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:senatorFrom	gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:signature	Roland Burris signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Berlean_Burris
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Mark_Kirk
gptkbp:termEnd	2010-11-29
gptkbp:termStart	2009-01-15
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Cecil_A._Partee gptkb:Mark_Kirk gptkb:Alpha_Phi_Alpha gptkb:Roland gptkb:Alpha_Phi_Alpha_Fraternity gptkb:Alpha_Phi_Alpha_fraternity
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Roland Burris