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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Indiana Delegation to 1972 Democratic National Convention</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Joseph Anderson</a>, Terre Haute - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker9.html#091.84.95">William C. Baker</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#604.98.74">E. Joseph Bannon</a>, Lafayette - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#494.96.58">Henry Bayt</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beatty.html#460.93.86">James W. Beatty</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#536.63.42">Rozelle Boyd</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#866.86.48">John Brademas</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#688.03.31">Neil Brooks, Jr.</a>, Kokomo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown7.html#249.91.33">Robert Brown</a>, Evansville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#001.12.53">Judy Burton</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#645.37.55">Helen Calvin</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrott-carten.html#353.68.48">Julia Carson</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#590.86.98">Louis C. Chapleau</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/choate-chrisman.html#497.05.71">Lenna Christ</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/combs.html#365.28.88">Beatrice Combs</a>, New Albany - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/debolt-deckard.html#980.43.54">Anthony DeBonis</a>, Gary - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#858.13.05">Thurman DeMoss</a>, Franklin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dougherty.html#413.71.50">Harry Dougherty</a>, Carmel - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#887.68.63">Richard Eckerle</a>, Jasper - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#009.27.22">Jani Gant</a>, Gary - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gersch-gibbon.html#416.90.36">Elton H. Geshwiler</a>, Beech Grove - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green2.html#463.54.98">Connie Green</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffis-grim.html#871.35.82">William Griggs</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grimes.html#204.05.42">Faye Grimes</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gutierrez-gyger.html#763.08.49">Doris Gutzwiller</a>, Batesville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haley-haling.html#487.12.98">John Haley</a>, Terre Haute - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harte-hartling.html#826.94.53">Vance Hartke</a>, Evansville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatcher-hatchett.html#358.35.56">Richard G. Hatcher</a>, Gary - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hilla-hillhouse.html#107.49.52">John A. Hillenbrand II</a>, Batesville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hinman.html#559.79.67">Betty Joan Hinman</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoggard-holbrock.html#592.86.56">Florence Hoham</a>, Plymouth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houghtaling-housley.html#266.57.04">James E. House II</a>, Brazil - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hurn-hutchin.html#975.74.48">John Hurt</a>, Martinsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jelinek-jenkin.html#857.26.53">Joseph Jeneske</a>, Hammond - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#398.55.70">Loyd Jones</a>, Seymour - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#320.30.84">Noel Duane Jones</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#429.05.38">David Kiester</a>, Fort Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimbark-kinery.html#865.50.81">Curtis V. Kimmell</a>, Vincennes - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king5.html#876.24.71">John King</a>, Greencastle - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/klinedinst-knaggs.html#637.95.66">Byron Klute</a>, Richmond - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavy-ledyard.html#031.81.98">Ivan Lebamoff</a>, Fort Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#673.77.77">Jeff Lewis</a>, Muncie - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#378.45.74">Stephen Manich</a>, Highland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#681.48.68">Jerry Miller</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#154.20.50">Deloras Montgomery</a>, Vincennes - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrow.html#600.27.36">Frances J. Morrow</a>, Bedford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#053.39.70">William New</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/noadiah-nobles.html#248.96.86">Freda Noble</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#842.11.99">John Nuckols</a>, Fort Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#093.75.64">Robert A. Pastrick</a>, East Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#143.83.90">Anna Pence</a>, Muncie - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#317.34.63">Robert Price</a>, Elkhart - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#958.15.14">Audrey Prosser</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#277.22.15">Leslie O. Pruitt</a>, Gary - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#628.59.39">Mary Lou Ravage</a>, Anderson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rhodes.html#506.11.84">Robert Rhodes</a>, Mishawaka - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#684.78.55">Janet Robertson</a>, Terre Haute - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson6.html#161.18.09">Katherine Robinson</a>, Lafayette - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#658.19.74">J. Edward Roush</a>, Huntington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#776.65.96">Ruth Ruderman</a>, Huntertown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#945.85.57">Gordon St. Angelo</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmon.html#510.00.09">Nancy Salmon</a>, Bloomington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#979.96.57">Vernon Smith</a>, Gary - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/somervell-souter.html#608.70.41">John Soucie</a>, Evansville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stonebraker-stoughton.html#128.56.48">Richard B. Stoner</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/straub-streeb.html#464.39.63">Terrence Straub</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#143.67.44">Jeanette Strong</a>, Gary - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/townsend.html#521.54.95">Wayne Townsend</a>, Hartford City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker1.html#240.93.20">Anna Mae Walker</a>, Spencer - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#229.63.03">Rebecca Waymire</a>, Anderson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#243.40.14">Robert V. Welch</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#122.64.25">Howard Weninger</a>, North Judson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolf.html#212.06.13">Katie Wolf</a>, Reynolds - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woods.html#936.87.93">Beatrice Woods</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#166.26.28">Alan E. Yergin</a>, New Castle - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#404.80.63">Willis Zagrovich</a>, Merrillville <p> <b>Alternates</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#022.13.05">Nick Angel</a>, Munster - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bakewell-baldus.html#559.28.36">Ideal Baldoni</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#829.05.62">Martin Behnke</a>, Hobart - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#063.28.19">John K. Bradburn</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branch.html#527.13.08">Alfred Branch</a>, Rockport - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/church.html#536.68.48">Jeannette Church</a>, Greenwood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/decker.html#712.76.69">Myrl Decker</a>, Huntington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delaney.html#523.37.23">Linda Delaney</a>, Richmond - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#656.27.95">Geraldine Demaree</a>, Atlanta - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#627.51.14">M. Jack Edwards</a>, Marion - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellison-ellsberry.html#205.21.28">JoAnn Y. Ellison</a>, Kokomo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#216.28.17">Russell Gallahan</a>, Mexico - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#453.32.02">Victor Gallivan</a>, Bluffton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibson.html#052.03.50">Henri Gibson</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/giddey-gilberson.html#805.31.33">William Gigerich</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris8.html#568.79.54">Terry Harris</a>, Crawfordsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hinners-hint.html#269.72.91">Thomas Hinshaw</a>, Muncie - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howarth-howe.html#871.68.66">Ernie Howe</a>, Bloomington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#882.43.28">Wanda Coleen Hunter</a>, Columbus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy6.html#471.09.19">Martin Kennedy</a>, Oxford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kleindienst-klima.html#892.25.25">Joseph E. Klen</a>, Hammond - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leavy-ledyard.html#007.67.22">George Lebamoff</a>, Fort Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#003.97.19">Tony Lenzo</a>, East Chicago - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#072.00.47">May Mann</a>, Mishawaka - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#398.85.60">Marcella Mason</a>, Hebron - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccallen-mccarter.html#441.17.94">Robert McCallen</a>, Wabash - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccloskey-mcclung.html#055.13.56">Frank McCloskey</a>, Bloomington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdonald.html#481.64.36">Alan R. McDonald</a>, New Albany - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller6.html#051.85.47">Kenneth J. Miller</a>, Williamsport - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millet-milligan.html#693.72.47">Marcelline Millikan</a>, Hanover - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#932.16.36">Larry Mohr</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#372.51.22">Odell Newburn</a>, South Bend - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien8.html#968.83.40">Thomas O'Brien</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransome-rattliff.html#619.75.01">Herluf Rasmussen</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#635.21.87">Gerald Romine</a>, Mentone - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#843.44.92">Dallas Sells</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sprague.html#469.42.17">Philip Sprague</a>, Michigan City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sumners-sutliff.html#993.59.81">Jeannette Surina</a>, Greenwood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson1.html#145.34.28">Bruce Thompson</a>, Flatrock - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#030.75.09">Jeanne Trixler</a>, Huntington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#364.90.18">Charles Westerman</a>, Fort Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson1.html#293.75.28">Bette Jane Wilson</a>, Noblesville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winslow.html#751.61.25">Donna Winslow</a>, Carmel - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolf.html#296.75.72">William H. Wolf</a>, Greenfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#442.90.95">Don Yeagley</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young2.html#016.11.08">Darlene Young</a>, Oakland City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zielinziger-zimmerer.html#458.90.29">Charlotte Zietlow</a>, Bloomington <p> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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