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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaHomer Earl CAPEHART
(1897-1979)
Senate Years of Service:
1945-1963Party: RepublicanCAPEHART, Homer Earl, a
Senator from Indiana; born in Algiers, Pike County, Ind., June 6,
1897; attended the public schools; 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; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Pickett, William B. Homer E.
Capehart: A Senator’s Life, 1897-1979. Indianapolis:
Indiana Historical Society, 1990; Taylor, John. “Homer E.
Capehart: United States Senator, 1944-1962.” Ph.D.
dissertation, Ball State University, 1977.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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