Raymond Burr He was 76 years old. The day after Burr's death, American Bar Association president R. William Ide III released a statement: "Raymond Burr's portrayals of Perry Mason represented lawyers in a professional and dignified manner. ... Mr. Burr strove for such authenticity in his courtroom characterizations that we regard his passing as though we lost one of our own." "The New York Times" reported that Perry Mason had been named second—after F. Lee Bailey, and before Abraham Lincoln, Thurgood Marshall, Janet Reno, Ben Matlock and Hillary Clinton—in a recent "National Law Journal" poll that asked Americans to name the attorney,
Richard Burr Burr opposes raising the federal minimum wage, and believes that decision should be made by the states. Burr's car, a 1973 Volkswagen Thing, is "something of a local celebrity" on Capitol Hill. Burr has a known aversion to reporters, once even climbing out of his office window while carrying his dry cleaning to avoid them. Burr is a member of the United Methodist Church. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1992, write-ins received 4 votes. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, Walker F. Rucker received 362 votes. Richard Burr Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is an American