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Mitchell V. Harper | |
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City Councilman for Fort Wayne, Indiana | |
In office January 1, 2008 –January 1, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Tom Hayhurst |
Succeeded by | Jason Arp |
Member of the IndianaHouseofRepresentatives from the 19th district | |
In office November 3,1982 –November 7,1990 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district [1] |
Succeeded by | Gloria Goeglein |
Member of the IndianaHouseofRepresentatives from the 14th district | |
In office November 8,1978 –November 3,1982 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district [2] |
Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
Personal details | |
Born | [3] Fort Wayne,Indiana | April 24,1956
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Dawn Wilson |
Residence | Fort Wayne,Indiana |
Alma mater | Indiana University Indiana University School of Law |
Website | mitchharper.com |
Mitchell Van "Mitch" Harper is an American politician from Fort Wayne,Indiana.
He was elected as a Fort Wayne Common Council member from the 4th District on November 6,2007. He was elected to a second term on November 8,2011.
Harper served as a Representative in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1978 to 1990. At 22 years of age,Harper was the youngest member of the Indiana House. After 6 terms totaling 12 years in the legislature,Harper voluntarily left the body as a demonstration of his personal commitment to term limits. [4] In 1992 he served as a presidential elector for Indiana. Harper,an attorney,edits the weblog Fort Wayne Observed.
Harper was an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1976;he served as Delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2008.
He is presently a member of the Indiana Republican State Committee by virtue of having been elected as Chairman of the Third Congressional District Republican Committee.
He is a native of New Haven,Indiana,and a lifelong resident of Allen County. [4] Harper grew up living above the family funeral business founded by his great-grandfather,Edward,in 1889. His great-great-grandfather,William Harper,was a pioneer settler in Allen County,Indiana. William Harper had immigrated to the United States from County Tyrone,Ireland.
Mitch Harper is a graduate of Indiana University and the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He was selected by the Council of State Governments as a Henry Toll Fellow in the first year of that program.
He has served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne.
Mitch Harper was the 2007 Republican nominee for the Fourth District Fort Wayne Common Council seat. Harper handily won the seat in the fall election with a nearly 60 percent margin. Harper succeeded Tom Hayhurst,a Democrat who did not seek re-election.
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