Category: Indiana

Representative | Democrat | HAMILTON, LEE HERBERT, a Representative from Indiana; born in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., April 20, 1931; attended the public schools of Evansville, Ind.; graduated from De Pauw University, 1952; studied at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1952 and 1953; graduated from Indiana University School of Law, 1956; lawyer,… Continue reading Lee Hamilton

Auditor / Comptroller | Democrat | MANSON, MAHLON DICKERSON, a Representative from Indiana; born in Piqua, Ohio, February 20, 1820; attended the common schools; moved to Montgomery County, Ind., and taught school for a year; studied medicine at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati; served as captain of Volunteers in the Mexican War October 8,… Continue reading Mahlon Manson

Treasurer | Whig | DUNN, GEORGE GRUNDY, a Representative from Indiana; born in Washington County, Ky., December 20, 1812; moved to Monroe County, Ind.; completed preparatory studies and attended the Indiana University at Bloomington; moved to Bedford, Lawrence County, Ind., in 1833, where he taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835… Continue reading George Dunn

Secretary of State | Democrat | BAYH, EVAN, a Senator from Indiana; born in Shirkieville, Indiana, on December 26, 1955; graduated Indiana University 1978; J.D. University of Virginia 1981; practiced law in Indianapolis; became Indiana secretary of state 1986; governor of Indiana 1989-1997; attorney and partner with Baker & Daniels 1997-1998; elected as a Democrat… Continue reading Evan Bayh

Attorney General | Democrat | MCDONALD, JOSEPH EWING, a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born in Butler County, Ohio, August 29, 1819; moved with his mother to Montgomery County, Ind., in 1826; apprenticed to the saddler’s trade when twelve years of age in La Fayette, Ind.; attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., and graduated from… Continue reading Joseph McDonald

Representative | Republican | WATSON, JAMES ELI, a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born in Winchester, Randolph County, Ind., November 2, 1864; graduated from De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1886; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Winchester; moved to Rushville, Ind., in 1893 and resumed the practice… Continue reading James Watson

Representative | Whig | HENDRICKS, WILLIAM, (uncle of Thomas Andrews Hendricks), a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born in Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County, Pa., November 12, 1782; attended the common schools and graduated from Jefferson College (later Washington and Jefferson College), Washington, Pa., in 1810; taught school 1810-1812; studied law in Cincinnati, Ohio; admitted… Continue reading William Hendricks

Representative | Democrat | MADDEN, RAY JOHN, a Representative from Indiana; born in Waseca, Waseca County, Minn., February 25, 1892; attended the public schools and Sacred Heart Academy in his native city; the law department of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebr., LL.B., 1913; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Omaha,… Continue reading Ray Madden

Representative | Republican | HALLECK, CHARLES ABRAHAM, a Representative from Indiana; born in Demotte, Jasper County, Ind., August 22, 1900; attended the public schools; during the First World War served in the Infantry of the United States Army; Indiana University at Bloomington, A.B., 1922 and from the law department of the same university, LL.B., 1924;… Continue reading Charles Halleck

Representative | Whig | JENNINGS, JONATHAN, a Delegate from the Territory of Indiana and a Representative from Indiana; born in Hunterdon County, N.J., in 1784; moved about the year 1790 to Fayette County, Pa., with his parents, who settled near Dunlap’s Creek; attended a grammar school conducted by Rev. John McMillin at Canonsburg, Pa.; moved… Continue reading Jonathan Jennings