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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaBAYH, Birch Evans
(1928—)
Senate Years of Service:
1963-1981
Party:
Democrat
BAYH, Birch Evans, (father of Evan Bayh), a Senator from Indiana; born in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind., January 22, 1928; attended the public schools; served in the United States Army 1946-1948; graduated Purdue University School of Agriculture at Lafayette in 1951; attended Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1952-1953; graduated Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, 1960; was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1961 and commenced practice in Terre Haute; farmer and lawyer; member, State house of representatives 1954-1962, serving as minority leader in 1957 and 1961 and as speaker in 1959; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1962; reelected in 1968 and 1974 and served from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1981; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980; chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); lawyer practicing in Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
Bayh, Birch. One Heartbeat Away: Presidential Disability and Succession
. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1968; Bayh, Birch. “The Twenty-fifth Amendment: Dealing with Presidential Disability.” Wake Forest Law Review
30:3 (Fall 1995).
Bayh, Birch. One Heartbeat Away: Presidential Disability and Succession
. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1968.
___. “The Twenty-fifth Amendment: Dealing with Presidential Disability.” Wake Forest Law Review
30:3 (Fall 1995).
Bayh, Marvella, with Mary Lynn Kotz. Marvella: A Personal Journey
. Epilogue by Birch Bayh. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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