Roland Burris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Roland Burris

politician from the United States

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1937

Place of Birth: Centralia, Illinois, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician, executive, Illinois Comptroller, Illinois Attorney General, United States senator, bank examiner

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician and attorney who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1978, Burris was the first African-American elected to statewide office in Illinois, when he was elected Illinois Comptroller.
He served in that office until his election as Illinois Attorney General in 1990.
Since then, he has unsuccessfully run for office four more times.Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois.
The appointment was controversial, as the governor was already under investigation and there were rumors of him being paid for the appointment.
Prior to Burris's appointment, Obama was the U.S.
Senate's only African American member; Obama resigned his Senate seat after being elected President of the United States.