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Sala Burton

American politician (1925–1987)

Field	Value
birthname	Sala Galante
image name	SalaBurton.jpg
width	200
state	California
district	5th
party	Democratic
term_start	June 21, 1983
term_end	February 1, 1987
preceded	Phillip Burton
succeeded	Nancy Pelosi
birth_name	Sala Galante
birth_date
birth_place	Białystok, Podlaskie, Poland
death_date
death_place	Washington, D.C., U.S.
resting_place	Presidio of San Francisco
spouse	Irving Lipschultz

children	1
relatives	John Burton (brother-in-law)

Sala Burton (née Galante; April 1, 1925 – February 1, 1987) was a Polish-born American politician who served as a United States representative from California from 1983 until her death from colon cancer in Washington, D.C., in 1987.

Early life and education

She was born Sala Galante into a Jewish family in Białystok, Poland, on April 1, 1925. The family immigrated to the US in 1939, before the German invasion of Poland, and she attended public schools in San Francisco and then the University of San Francisco.

Career

She was the associate director of the California Public Affairs Institute from 1948 to 1950. She was the vice president of the California Democratic Council from 1951 to 1954. She served as president of the San Francisco Democratic Women's Forum from 1957 to 1959.

Burton served as a delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1976, 1980, and 1984. She was elected as a Democrat to the 98th Congress by special election on June 21, 1983, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative Phillip Burton.

She was reelected to the two succeeding Congress terms and mentored her successor and future Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who replaced Burton after her death in 1987.

Personal life

Galante married Irving Lipschultz. Together, they had one daughter, Joy. They divorced in 1951. Galante met her second husband Phillip Burton at a California Young Democrats convention in 1950. They were married from 1953 until Phillip Burton's death in 1983. They raised her daughter, Joy, together.

Phillip & Sala Burton High School, on the site of the former Woodrow Wilson High School in San Francisco, is named after the couple.

Death and legacy

Burton died from colon cancer on February 1, 1987, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in the San Francisco National Cemetery in the Presidio.

Electoral history

References

"BURTON, Sala Galante". U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Historian.
Irving, Carl. (April 12, 1983). "Warmth, savvy among Sala Burton's political assets". [[San Francisco Examiner]].
(July 29, 1983). "WORKING PROFILE; 'THE POPULAR BURTON' AND HER MISSION". The New York Times.
Ferris, Sarah. (November 17, 2022). "Pelosi's precision: How 35 years in Congress shaped the end of her reign".
(February 2, 1987). "Rep. Sala Burton, Who Replaced Husband in Congress, Dies at 61".
[http://www.joincalifornia.com/election/1983-06-21 1983 special election results]
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf 1984 election results]
[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf 1986 election results]

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