Sala Galante Burton

(1925- )

BURTON, Sala Galante, (wife of Phillip Burton), a Representative from California; born Sala Galante in Bialystock, Poland, April 1, 1925; attended public schools in San Francisco and San Francisco University; associate director, California Public Affairs Institute, 1948-1950; vice president, California Democratic Council, 1951-1954; president, San Francisco Democratic Women’s Forum, 1957-1959; delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1976, 1980, and 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress by special election June 21, 1983, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative Phillip Burton; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from June 21, 1983, until her death in Washington, D.C., February 1, 1987; interment in the Presidio of San Francisco.