Robert Phillips Burroughs (January 13, 1900 – June 10, 1994), son of

Sherman Everett Burroughs Sherman Everett Burroughs (February 6, 1870 – January 27, 1923) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. Early life Burroughs was born on February 6, 1870 in Dunbarton, ...

, graduated from Manchester High School in 1917. He attended

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and earned a master's degree in business administration in 1922. Burroughs was a businessman in

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. He specialized in designing pension plans for corporations. He was also active in Republican politics. He served as committeeman from New Hampshire for the

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during the 1940s and actively supported

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during the 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns. In late 1953 he sponsored a nationwide poll to determine voter satisfaction with the policies of the

Eisenhower administration Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following his landslide victor ...

. Burroughs was appointed to represent the U.S. at independence ceremonies in the Cameroons in 1959 and at the inauguration of the president of

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in 1960. He also served on the board of directors of the

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during the Eisenhower administration.

References

External links

Papers of Robert P. Burroughs, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
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