Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (August 25, 1941 – January 23, 1996) was an American politician who served in the

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from 1970 to 1977. He was a great-great-great-grandson of Commodore

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. Burden received his B.A. from

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and his LL.B. from

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. Burden was one of many owners of

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. He founded The Carter Burden Center for the Aging (now named The Carter Burden Network) to assist older residents of the

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(the area he represented on the City Council) in 1971. He died on January 23, 1996, in Manhattan, New York City, at age 54.

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