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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Vance Hartke |
| Address |
, Indiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
May 31, 1919 |
| Died |
July 27, 2003
(84 years) |
| Contributor | Stephen Yellin |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | born in Stendal, Pike County, Ind., May 31, 1919; attended the public schools of Stendal; graduated from Evansville College in 1940 and Indiana University Law School in 1948; during the Second World War served in the United States Coast Guard and Navy as a seaman and through the ranks to lieutenant 1942-1946; admitted to the Indiana bar in 1948 and commenced the practice of law in Evansville, Ind.; deputy prosecuting attorney of Vandenburgh County, Ind., 1950-1951; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1956-1958, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and again in 1970, and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1972; chairman, Committee on Veterans� Affairs (Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses); was a resident of Falls Church, Va;Died of Heart Failure on July 27, 2003.
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