Dan Burton

Danny Lee Burton is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Indiana.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001149 Originally elected in 1982 to represent the state's 6th District, he moved to his current jurisdiction in 2003.http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400055 The 5th District now includes eight counties and parts of three others in central Indiana.http://burton.house.gov/pages/about He most recently won reelection in November 2010.http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2010?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=5&districtID=-1&candidate

Burton is a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, where he served as chair from 1997-2002.http://burton.house.gov/pages/dan-s-committees He now serves on the Domestic Policy and National Security and Foreign Affairs subcommittees.http://burton.house.gov/pages/dan-s-committees He also is on the Foreign Affairs Committee, where he serves on the Western Hemisphere and Southeast Asia subcommittees.http://burton.house.gov/pages/dan-s-committees

Dan Burton was born June 21, 1938 in Indianapolis.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001149 After graduating high school in 1957, he served in the United States Army Reserve while attending Indiana University and Cincinnati Bible Seminary.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001149 Burton was a member of the Indiana State Legislature from 1967 to 1970 and again from 1981 to 1982.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001149

Burton's first wife, Barbara Logan, died in 2002.http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html They have three children.http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html Burton married Samia Tawil in 2006.http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html He also has a child from an extramarital affair.http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html

Burton has a 95 percent voting attendance record throughout his years in Congress.http://www.indianadan.com/Facts As chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he led several Congressional investigations, including one on illegal Democratic party fundraising in 1996 and another on the suicide of White House aid Vince Foster.http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html

Burton was critical of President Clinton prior to and during his sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky in early 1998.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec98/burton_9-8.html But later that year, he admitted having an affair of his own in 1983 that resulted in an illegitimate child.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec98/burton_9-8.html