Burnside was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses ( January 3 , 1949 - January 3 , 1953 ) and an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-third Congress in 1952 . He was branch chief of the National Security Agency , Washington , D.C. in 1953 . Burnside was elected to the Eighty-fourth Congress ( January 3 , 1955 - January 3 , 1957 ) and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Eighty-fifth Congress in 1956 . He became a business executive and public advocate . He was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention and legislative liaison to the Department of Defense from 1961-1968 . Burnside was an avid gardener and duplicate bridge player . He died in Wilson , North Carolina in 1991 and his remains were cremated
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 Democratic National Convention
Maurice G. Burnside