Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March until his death in November 1885. Hendricks represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1855) and the U.S. Senate (1863–1869). He also represented Shelby County,Indiana,in the Indiana General Assembly (1848–1850) and as a delegate to the 1851 Indiana constitutional convention. In addition,Hendricks served as commissioner of the United States General Land Office (1855–1859). Hendricks,a popular member of the Democratic Party,was a fiscal conservative. He defended the Democratic position in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era and voted against the Thirteenth,Fourteenth,and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. He also opposed Radical Reconstruction and President Andrew Johnson's removal from office following Johnson's impeachment in the U.S. House.
William Henry Harrison Miller was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States.
Squire Patton Boggs is an international law firm with over 40 offices in 20 countries. It was formed in 2014 by the merger of multinational law firm Squire Sanders with Washington,D.C.–based Patton Boggs. It is one of the largest law firms in the world by total headcount and gross revenue,twelfth largest firm in the UK by revenue,and one of the top 12 by number of countries occupied.
Brian C. Bosma is an American politician and lawyer who served as speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2004 to 2006 and 2010 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Bosma has served in the Indiana House since 1986. He replaced Gordon Harper. He was originally elected in the 50th district,but was redistricted to the 88th district in 1992. The 88th district encompasses northeast Marion County and portions of Hancock and Hamilton County.
Albert Gallatin Porter was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Indiana from 1881 to 1885 and as a United States Congressman from 1859 to 1863. Originally a Democrat,he joined the Republican Party in 1856 after being expelled by the pro-slavery faction of the Democratic Party. Only the second person born in Indiana to become the state's governor,he reluctantly accepted his party's nomination to run. His term saw the start of Indiana's industrialization that continued for several decades. During the second half of his term a strong Democratic majority took control of the Indiana General Assembly and revoked all of the governor's appointment powers and other authorities,weakening the position to its lowest level in the history of the state.
Albert J. Salvi III is an American attorney,politician,and former radio talk show host. He served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and was a Republican nominee for the United States Senate and Illinois Secretary of State. He is the managing partner of the Illinois law firm Salvi &Maher,a personal injury law firm headquartered in Libertyville,and with branch offices in Chicago,Richmond and Waukegan. Salvi has been practicing law for 39 years,and is considered one of the nation's top litigation attorneys.
Augustus Everett Willson was an American politician and the 36th Governor of Kentucky. Orphaned at the age of twelve,Willson went to live with relatives in New England. This move exposed him to such authors as Ralph Waldo Emerson,Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,Oliver Wendell Holmes,and James Russell Lowell,who were associates of his older brother,poet Forceythe Willson. He was also afforded the opportunity to attend Harvard University,where he earned an A.B. in 1869 and an A.M. in 1872. After graduation,he secured a position at the law firm of future Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan. Willson and Harlan became lifelong friends,and Willson's association with Harlan deepened his support of the Republican Party.
George Washington Julian was a politician,lawyer,and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century. A leading opponent of slavery,Julian was the Free Soil Party's candidate for vice president in the 1852 election and was a prominent Radical Republican during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era.
Nels Ackerson is an American lawyer and head of the law firm that bears his name,based in Washington,D.C. He has represented clients in 46 states and 16 countries on issues involving property rights,constitutional rights,agriculture,eminent domain,commercial and financial disputes,public policy,and international disputes. His law practice has included individual cases,class actions,mediation,appellate advocacy in state and federal courts,regulatory disputes,testimony before congressional committees and state legislatures,and international arbitration. Ackerson has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating –AV Premier –for legal ability and ethics. He has been identified by his peers as a Super Lawyer and is listed in the American Registry,the Worldwide Registry,and Who's Who in the World. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court,numerous federal courts,the District of Columbia and his home state of Indiana. He is a member of the American Bar Association,the American Association for Justice,the International Society of Barristers,and other bar associations. His public positions have included Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution,nominee for the U.S. Congress,and representing the United States on trade and advisory missions to the Middle East,Africa and Eastern Europe. He organized and managed the first American law office in Egypt,and was a founder and president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
Barnes &Thornburg LLP is a U.S. law firm and lobbying group with 23 offices located in the United States. It is the largest law firm in Indiana and ranks 73rd among the largest law firms in the U.S.
John Richard Gregg is an American politician,businessman and attorney who served as the 85th and longest-serving Democratic speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2003. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003.
Raul Loyola Lambino is a Filipino lawyer. He led the signature campaign in 2005 to amend or revise the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
Allen Lucas Messer is an American politician and lobbyist who represented Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
David Lee Carden is an American lawyer,diplomat,mediator and author who is a former United States Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in November 2010 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March,2011. He resigned his post in December 2013. Carden was a partner at Jones Day,an international law firm,where he was,at various times,the Partner in Charge of the firm's Asian offices and practices,the head of its International Securities practice,and the head of Litigation in its New York office.
John Wheadon deGravelles is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana,based in the capital city of Baton Rouge.
Aaron Freeman is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Indiana. He has been a Republican member of the Indiana Senate from 2016,representing the 32nd district. He previously served on the Indianapolis City-County Council from 2010 to 2016.
Addison Clay Harris was a lawyer and civic leader in Indianapolis,Indiana,who served as a Republican member of the Indiana Senate and a U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (ambassador) to Austria-Hungary. The Wayne County,Indiana,native graduated from Northwestern Christian University in 1862 and was admitted to the bar in 1865,the same year he established a law partnership with John T. Dye in Indianapolis. Harris was a founding member (1878) and president of the Indianapolis Bar Association;a founder and president of the Indiana Law School,which was a forerunner to the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis;a presidential elector in 1896;president of the Indiana State Bar Association (1904);a member (1905–1916) and president of Purdue University's board of trustees;and a member of the Indiana Historical Society and the Columbia Club.
Virginia Dill McCarty was an American lawyer who served as the U.S. Attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana from 1977 to 1981,and became the first woman to be appointed and serve a full,four-year term as U.S. Attorney. McCarty's career as a public servant in Indiana also worked as a deputy attorney general and assistant attorney general for the State of Indiana (1964–1969),a member of the Indiana Board of Law Examiners (1971–1976),chief counsel to the Marion County,Indiana,Prosecutor (1975–1976),and chairman of the Board for the Indiana Department of Correction (1989–2006). In addition,McCarty co-founded the Indiana Women's Political Caucus and the Greater Indianapolis Women's Political Caucus in 1971 and served as the first president of each organization. As an advocate for women's equality and increasing women's roles in politics and government,McCarty was also involved in the campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Indiana in 1977.
Michael Stephen Wilensky is a politician and attorney who lives in Dunwoody,Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented District 79 in the Georgia House of Representatives,which is 100% in Dekalb County. State House District 79 consists of all of Dunwoody,part of Doraville,and a small piece of Chamblee. Wilensky defeated the Republican Party opponent,Ken Wright,on November 6,2018. Wilensky won his second election in 2020 and served a second term. In February 2022,Wilensky decided not to run for reelection.
The 2022 elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place on Tuesday November 8,2022,to elect representatives from all 100 districts in the Indiana House of Representatives. The primary election took place on Tuesday May 3,2022. The Republican Party had held a House majority since 2011.
