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Capehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979

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Personal name headingCapehart, Homer E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979
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Variant(s)Capehart, H. E. (Homer Earl), 1897-1979
Capehart, Homer Earl, 1897-
Birth date18970606
Death date19790903
Place of birthAlgiers, Ind.
Place of deathIndianapolis, Ind.
AffiliationUnited States. Army. Infantry, 12th
United States. Congress. Senate
Found inNUCMC data from Sioux City Publ. Mus. for Huff, T.B. Papers, 1907-1968 (Homer E. Capehart)
NUCMC files (Capehart, Homer Earl, 1897-1979)
WWA, 1950/51 (Capehart, Homer Earl; b. 1897; US Sen., Indiana; businessman; chmn. bd. Packard Mfg. Co., Indianapolis; son of Alvin Thomas & Susan (Kelso) Capehard; m. Irma Viola Mueller)
NY times pers. name index, c1977 (Capehart, Homer E. [12 entries]; Capehart, Homer Earl [3]; Capehart, H.E. [1])
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Capehart, Homer Earl, 1897- )
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, July 19, 2013 (Capehart, Homer Earl (1897-1979); a Senator from Indiana; born in Algiers, Pike County, Ind., June 6, 1897; during the First World War enlisted as a private in the United States Army; promoted to sergeant and served in the Twelfth Infantry, 1917-1919; engaged in farming and the radio, phonograph, and television manufacturing business; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1944; reelected in 1950 and 1956 and served from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1963; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962; chairman, Joint Committee on Defense Production (Eighty-third Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Eighty-third Congress); engaged in farming, manufacturing, and investment pursuits; retired; resided in Indianapolis, Ind., until his death there September 3, 1979)