Sala Burton

Sala Burton
Sala Burton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from California's 5th district
	In office; June 21, 1983 – February 1, 1987
Preceded by	Phillip Burton
Succeeded by	Nancy Pelosi
Personal details
Born	Sala Galant Lipschultz; April 1, 1925; Białystok, Poland
Died	February 1, 1987 (aged 61); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Phillip Burton (m. 1953; died 1983)
Relatives	John Burton (brother-in-law)

Sala Galant Burton (née Lipschultz; 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 Galant Lipschultz into a Jewish family in Białystok, Poland. The family immigrated in 1939 before the German invasion of Poland to the US, 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 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.

Personal life

Galante met her future 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 a daughter, Joy, from Galante's previous marriage that ended in divorce.[1] Phillip & Sala Burton High School, on the site of the former Woodrow Wilson High School in San Francisco, is named after the couple.

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

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References

"BURTON, Sala Galante". U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Historian. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

External links

United States Congress. "Sala Burton (id: B001158)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Appearances on C-SPAN

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Phillip Burton (d. April 19, 1983)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 5th congressional district June 21, 1983 – February 1, 1987	Succeeded by Nancy Pelosi

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[House_History-1] "BURTON, Sala Galante". U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Historian. Retrieved January 11, 2018.