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Summers Burkhart (26 June 1859 – 14 May 1932) was an American lawyer and the United States Attorney for New Mexico from 1913 to 1921. Burkhart was born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) to middle class parents, William Davidson Burkhart and Nannie Forest Burkhart. He was sent away for advanced schooling to the College of St. James in Washington County, Maryland, where he graduated in 1879. In 1880 he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and began the study of law. He was admitted to the NM bar in 1888, and was the First District Court clerk in 1889. Later that year Burkhart became the Clerk of Court for the NM Supreme Court, where he stayed two years, and left to practice law in Albuquerque, where he had been living since his marriage in May 1889. In 1893 and 1894, Burkhart was the City Attorney for Albuquerque. He left that post to become an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Court of Private Land Claims, where he stayed until 1896,〔Bradfute, Richard Wells (1975) ''The Court of Private Land Claims: The Adjudication of Spanish and Mexican Land Grant Titles, 1891-1904'' University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, p.70, ISBN 0-8263-0362-5〕 and then returned to the private practice of law. Burkhart served as an Albuquerque alderman from 1898 through 1900.〔Anderson, George B. (1907) ''History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People'' Vol. 2, Pacific States Publishing Co., Los Angeles, California, (p. 532 ), 〕 He was chairman of the Central Committee of the Bernalillo County Democratic Party from 1896 to 1908, and resigned to become the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Democratic Party of New Mexico which post he held until 1911 when he resigned to run for the NM Supreme Court. Burkhart was the NM delegate to the 1908 Democratic National Convention. Defeated for the NM Supreme Court, Governor McDonald appointed Burkhart as Legal Adviser to the Governor. It was in this position that Burkhart issued the legal opinion that Albert Fall's election in February 1913 by the NM Legislature was illegal, forcing a special session and a new vote.〔Twitchell, Ralph Emerson (1911) ''The Leading Facts of New Mexican History, Volume V'' Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, p. 122, (OCLC 3828708 )〕 Burkhart was active in securing passage in the U.S. Congress of the "Flood Amendment" to the N.M. Constitution.〔Marquis Who's Who (1943) "Summers Burkhart: 1859-1932" ''Who Was Who in America: A component volume of Who's Who in American History'' Volume 1, 1897-1942; ''Who's Who in American History'' Marquis, online version accessed 19 December 2008〕 Following the election of Woodrow Wilson, Burkhart was appointed as U.S. Attorney for New Mexico. He was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in on 5 August 1913. He served until 3 March 1921, when he tendered his resignation upon the inauguration of Republican Warren G. Harding as president. In 1925, Burkhart represented Governor Hannett against the unsuccessful election challenge of Manuel B. Otero.〔Staff (1925) "Demurrer Filed by Gov. Hannett up to Mechem" ''Albuquerque Journal'' 21 March 1925 page 1, col. 4〕 And the following year represented the State of New Mexico in New Mexico v. Colorado, a large water adjudication. Burkhart married Miriam Parsons on 8 May 1889 in Las Vegas, NM, and they had two children. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Summers Burkhart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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