Roland Burris was born in 1937 in Centralia, Illinois. He is a politician and lawyer who has served as the junior United States senator from Illinois from 2009 to 2011. He was also the 82nd governor of Illinois from 1979 to 1983 and the 43rd attorney general of Illinois from 1973 to 1979.
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