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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | R. Vance Hartke |
Address | 850 South Dexter Evansville, Indiana , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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May 31, 1919
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Died | July 27, 2003
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Contributor | Stephen Yellin |
Last Modifed | Mr. Matt Jun 09, 2023 04:18pm |
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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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ENDORSEMENTS |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
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John Paul Stevens |
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 |
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Stanley K. Hathaway |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
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Harry Blackmun |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
US President - D Primaries - Jun 11, 1968 |
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Robert F. Kennedy |
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