Hartke, Vance, 1919-2003

LC control no.	n 50026746
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hartke, Vance, 1919-2003 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Hartke, Rupert Vance, 1919-2003 Hartke, Mr. (Vance), 1919-2003
Birth date	1919-05-31
Death date	2003-07-27
Place of birth	Stendal (Ind.)
Place of death	Falls Church (Va.)
Affiliation	Evansville College Indiana University. School of Law United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers
Found in	His Inside the New Frontier, 1962. Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, Mar. 14, 2006 (Hartke, Rupert Vance; b. May 31, 1919, Stendal, Ind.; d. July 27, 2003, Falls Church, Va.; senator, 1959-1977) Natural gas pipeline safety, 1967: p. 1 (Mr. Hartke; from the Committee on Commerce) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, August 7, 2014 (Hartke, Rupert Vance, a Senator from Indiana; born in Stendal, Pike County, Ind., May 31, 1919; attended the public schools of Stendal; graduated from Evansville College in 1940 and Indiana University Law School in 1948; during the Second World War served in the United States Coast Guard and Navy as a seaman, and advanced to lieutenant 1942-1946; admitted to the Indiana bar in 1948 and commenced the practice of law in Evansville, Ind.; deputy prosecuting attorney of Vandenburgh County, Ind., 1950-1951; mayor of Evansville, Ind., 1956-1958, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and again in 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1972; chairman, Committee on Veterans Affairs (Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses); was a resident of Falls Church, Virginia, until his death on July 27, 2003; interment in Arlington National Cemetery)
Associated language	eng