What is Roland Burris?
{{Infobox officeholder |name=Roland W. Burris |nationality=American |image=Sen Roland Burris.jpg |imagesize= |caption=Burris in January 2009 |jr/sr=United States Senator |state=[[Illinois]] |term_start= December 31, 2008 |term_end = November 29, 2010 |appointed=[[Rod Blagojevich]] |preceded=[[Barack Obama]] |succeeded=[[Mark Kirk]] |order2= 39th |office2= Illinois Attorney General |term_start2= January 14, 1991 |term_end2= January 9, 1995 |governor2= [[Jim Edgar]] |predecessor2= [[Neil Hartigan]] |successor2= [[Jim Ryan (politician)|Jim Ryan]] |order3=3rd |office3= Illinois Comptroller |term_start3= January 8, 1979 |term_end3= January 14, 1991 |governor3=[[James R. Thompson]] |predecessor3=[[Michael Bakalis]] |successor3= [[Dawn Clark Netsch]] |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1937|8|3|mf=y}} |birth_place= [[Centralia, Illinois]] |alma_mater= [[Howard University School of Law]] <small>([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])</small><br />[[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])</small> |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse=Berlean M. Burris |children=Rolanda S. Burris<br />Roland W. Burris II |residence=[[Chatham, Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |profession=Attorney, former financial executive }} '''Roland Wallace Burris''' (born August 3, 1937)<ref name=10things>{{cite news |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Roland Burris |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |first=Debra |last=Bell |date=January 5, 2009 |url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2009/01/05/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-roland-burris.html }}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Illinois]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. In 1978, Burris was the first African-American elected to statewide office in [[Illinois]], when he was elected [[Illinois Comptroller]]. He was in that office until his election as [[Illinois Attorney General]] in 1990. Since then, h