Rupert Vance Hartke was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke was elected to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville,Indiana. In the Senate,he supported the Great Society and became a prominent opponent of the Vietnam War. Hartke ran for president in the 1972 Democratic primaries but withdrew after the first set of primaries. He left the Senate after losing his 1976 reelection campaign to Richard Lugar.
Frank Lewis O'Bannon was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. He is the most recent U.S. Governor to have died in office.
The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature,or legislative branch,of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house,the Indiana House of Representatives,and an upper house,the Indiana Senate. The General Assembly meets annually at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Robert Dunkerson Orr was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 45th governor of Indiana from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party,he served as United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1989 to 1992 under President George H. W. Bush.
William Ezra Jenner was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Indiana. A Republican,Jenner was an Indiana state senator from 1934 to 1942,and a U.S. senator from 1944 to 1945 and again from 1947 to 1959. In the Senate,Jenner was a supporter of McCarthyism.
Robert Jauch is a retired American Democratic politician. He served 28 years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1987–2015) and four years in the State Assembly (1983–1987). He retired in 2015,citing the increased partisanship in the Legislature.
Earline S. Rogers was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Indiana Senate,representing the 3rd District from 1990 through 2016. She earlier served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1982 through 1990. Rogers was a member of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus. Rogers died on September 5,2024,at the age of 89.
Jean Dominique Breaux was an American politician serving as a member of the Indiana Senate from the 34th District. She was appointed to the Senate in December 2006. Breaux was an employee of the Indiana Department of Commerce. She was also employed by the Community Development Corporation and the Forest Manor Multi-Service Center. Breaux was a member of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus.
Dennis K. Kruse is an American businessman and politician. Kruse was a founder of the auction business Kruse International before entered politics as a Republican. He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1989 to 2004 and the Indiana Senate from 2004 to 2022,representing Senate District 14.
Richard Bray is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Indiana Senate,representing Senate District 37,which includes all or parts of Morgan,Owen,Putnam,Clay,Johnson and Monroe counties. Bray was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 1992,and served in the Senate until 2012,when he was succeeded by his son,Rodric Bray. He also served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1974 to 1992 and as the Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney from 1958 to 1970.
Events from the year 1922 in the United States.
Brandt Hershman is an American politician and a former Republican state senator for Indiana. He served from 2000 to 2018. He is married to Lisa Hershman.
David C. Long is a Republican former member of the Indiana State Senate. He represented the 16th district from 1996 to 2018.
Greggory Walker is a Republican member of the Indiana State Senate representing the 41st district. He was first elected in 2006. He defeated the incumbent State Senator and President pro tempore of the Indiana Senate,Robert Dean Garton,in the Republican Primary. Walker serves as the Chair of the Senate Committee on Elections and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Family and Children Services and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions. He also serves on the Senate Committee on Pensions and Labor,the Senate Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy,and the Senate Committee on Ethics. Walker is a consultant with Proffer Brainchild Analytics. He is also an elder at the Church of Christ in Columbus.Walker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business finance from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. He lives in Columbus with his wife,Allison,and their four children Michaela,Andrew,Hannah and Rebecca.
Michael A. Delph is a former Republican member of the Indiana State Senate representing the 29th district from 2005 to 2018. He is considered to be a "socially conservative Republican," who has courted support from the Tea Party movement.
John Massie Mutz is an American business leader and politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Indiana,Republican candidate for Governor and president of Lilly Endowment,one of America's largest family foundations.
John Christian Ruckelshaus III is an American politician.
Phillip Edward Gutman was an American lawyer and politician in Indiana. A Republican,he served in the Indiana Senate from 1968 to 1976. Gutman served as President pro tempore of the Indiana Senate from 1970 to 1976.
The 2022 Indiana Senate election took place on Tuesday,November 8,2022,with elections in the U.S. state of Indiana,coinciding with other elections in the state,U.S. House,and Indiana House,as well as various other state and local elections. Voters elected members to 25 of the 50 seats in the Indiana Senate to serve four-year terms in single-member constituencies. The primary election took place on Tuesday,May 3,2022. The Republican Party had held a majority since 2011.
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