Vance Hartke
Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919 – July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977.He also worked as deputy prosecuting attorney of Vanderburgh County (1950–1951) and mayor of Evansville (1956–1958), integrating the city swimming pools, before being elected to the United States Senate in 1958 and reelected in 1964 and 1970.In his first term, Hartke was a member of the Finance and Commerce committees, lobbied for programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964.In 1970, after a very bitter and tight race against Republican Congressman Richard L. Roudebush and a ballot recount, Hartke won a third term by 4,283 votes.In 1976, after narrowly surviving a primary challenge by freshman Eighth District Congressman Philip Hayes, Hartke lost the general Senate election to Indianapolis Mayor Richard Lugar in a landslide.[5] In 2009, Hartke received the JFK Club of Vanderburgh County's John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Posthumous Award, "to carry forward the legacy and principles of President John F. Kennedy by supporting legislation and government officials or candidates that promote social justice and equality, in order to build a better community and society for all."
United States SenatorIndianaWilliam E. JennerRichard LugarSenate Committee on Veterans' AffairsAlan CranstonMayor of Evansville, IndianaStendal, IndianaFairfax, VirginiaArlington National CemeteryDemocraticAlma materUniversity of EvansvilleIndiana University School of Law - BloomingtonUnited States NavyUnited States Coast GuardWorld War IIEvansville, IndianaGreat SocietyVietnam War1972 Democratic primariesseamanIndiana University Maurer School of LawEvansvilleVanderburgh CountyUnited States SenateMark HatfieldGeorge BaraschSenateSenate Veterans Affairs CommitteeLyndon JohnsonGovernorHarold HandleySenate Majority LeaderCivil Rights Act of 1964state SenatorAmtrakInternational Executive Service CorpsHead Start ProgramDepartment of PeaceU.S. Institute of PeaceCongressional RecordRichard L. RoudebushDemocratic Partypresidential nominationEdmund MuskieGeorge McGovernPhilip HayesIndianapolis MayorJoe DonnellyDearborn CountyUnited States House of Representatives7th congressional district of VirginiaRepublicanEric Cantor1955 Evansville, Indiana mayoral electionProhibitionHarold W. HandleyTurnoutSocialist Labor1972 Democratic Party presidential primariesHubert HumphreyGeorge WallaceEugene McCarthyHenry M. JacksonShirley ChisholmTerry SanfordJohn LindsaySam YortyWilbur MillsPatsy Mink1972 Democratic National ConventionEdward M. KennedyWayne HaysFred HarrisWalter MondaleRamsey ClarkWalter FauntroyHarold Hughes1976 United States Senate election in IndianaU.S. LaborThe Washington PostBiographical Directory of the United States CongressC-SPANHenry F. SchrickerU.S. SenatorClass 1Floyd FithianU.S. Senate U.S. senator (Class 1) from IndianaHomer E. CapehartBirch BayhSenate Veterans' Affairs CommitteeUnited States senators from IndianaTiptonBrightWrightTurpieT. HendricksMcDonaldHarrisonBeveridgeRalstonRobinsonMintonWillisJennerDonnellyTaylorW. HendricksHanneganWhitcombCathcartPettitMortonVoorheesFairbanksHemenwayShivelyTaggartWatsonVan NuysJacksonCapehartBayh IIQuayle