Birch Evans Bayh II
United States Senator from Indiana
In office January 3, 1963–January 3, 1981
Preceded by	Homer Earl Capehart
Succeeded by	J. Danforth Quayle
Born	January 22, 1928 (1928-01-22) (age 80) Terre Haute, Indiana
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	(1) Marvella Hearn (died) (2) Katherine Halpin

Birch Evans Bayh II (born January 22, 1928) was a U.S. Senator from Indiana between 1963 and 1981. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Homer Earl Capehart ( June 6, 1897 – September 3, 1979) American business innovator and politician was born in Algiers James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4 1947 is an American politician and a former Senator from the state of Indiana. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Terre Haute ( is a city in Vigo County, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 election but lost to Jimmy Carter. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard M James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 He is the father of former Indiana governor and current U. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union S. Senator Evan Bayh.

Bayh was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Leah Ward Hollingsworth and Birch Evans Bayh, Sr. Terre Haute ( is a city in Vigo County, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois. ^[1] After serving in the United States Army, he attended the Purdue University School of Agriculture, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, and graduated in 1951. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. This article is about the student fraternity in the United States Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Among his Purdue classmates was Wayne Townsend, who served in both houses of the Indiana legislature and was the Democratic choice for governor in 1984. W Wayne Townsend (born 1926 is a Hartford City Farmer and Democratic Politician from the U A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Bayh later attended Indiana State University and Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington. Indiana State University ( ISU) is a Public university that is located in Terre Haute Indiana, United States. The Indiana University School of Law — Bloomington is a Law school located in Bloomington, Indiana.

He served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1954 to 1962. Indiana House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the House, he rose to the position of Speaker and, in 1961, was admitted to the Indiana bar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He won the 1962 US Senate race in Indiana. The US Senate election 1962 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of John F

On June 19, 1964, Bayh, his wife, Senator Ted Kennedy and legislative aide Edward Moss were on board a small plane that crashed in heavy fog near Springfield, Massachusetts. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Senator Bayh pulled a badly injured Senator Kennedy from the wreckage. Senator and Mrs. Bayh were relatively unhurt, while the pilot and Moss were both killed in the crash.

Bayh was influential in the passing of Title IX, the clause that gave women equal opportunities in sports and activities in public education. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T

As Chairman of the Senate subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Bayh was the principal architect of two constitutional amendments:

• The 25th Amendment, which established the rules for presidential succession and disability. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Twenty-fifth Amendment ( Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution partially replaced the ambiguous wording of Article II Section 1 Clause
• The 26th Amendment, which lowered the minimum voting age to 18. The Twenty-sixth Amendment ( Amendment XXVI) of the United States Constitution, ratified on July 1, 1971, standardized the voting age to 18

Bayh was also the principal architect of the Equal Rights Amendment, which was not adopted. The Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA) is a failed proposed amendment to the United States Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights under the But the proposed constitutional change with which he was most closely associated in his final years in the Senate was his attempt to eliminate the Electoral College (the method of electing the President of the United States and replace it with a popular vote in the 1960s and 70s. An electoral college is a set of many electors who are empowered to elect a candidate to a particular Office. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by One of Bayh's proposals passed the House easily but was filibustered in the Senate. In 1977 he introduced reform legislation into the Senate [1], but it never achieved the required two-thirds vote in either house of Congress. Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution may be altered In 2006, he joined the National Popular Vote Inc. coalition, which aims to effect Electoral College reform through an interstate compact, and wrote a foreword to the book Every Vote Equal. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. National Popular Vote Inc is a non-profit organization based in Los Altos, California, and launched in 2006 by Barry Fadem and John Koza.

He was a co-sponsor of the Bayh-Dole Act which allowed US universities, small businesses, and non-profit organizations to retain intellectual property rights of inventions developed from federal government-funded research. The Bayh-Dole Act or University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act is the United States legislation dealing with intellectual property arising from Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific Research, in the areas of both "hard" Science and Technology and

Additionally, he served for many years on the Senate judiciary committee and was involved in two nominations in which the nominee was declined.

Bayh intended to run for the 1972 Democratic nomination for president, but his wife was diagnosed with cancer and he put his plans on hold. Before her death in 1979, Marvella Bayh became a leading cancer activist. In October 1975 Bayh announced his candidacy for the 1976 Democratic nomination. Bayh was considered a leading choice out of 12 candidates, and he was popular with organized labor and other liberal groups. However, his late start put him at a fundraising and organizational disadvantage. In January/February, Bayh finished third in Iowa behind Uncommitted delegates and Jimmy Carter and third in New Hampshire behind Carter and Morris K. Udall. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 Morris King "Mo" Udall ( June 15, 1922 &ndash December 12, 1998) was an American politician who served as a U A week later, Bayh finished a weak seventh place in the Massachusetts primary and ended his candidacy.

He ran for reelection for a fourth term in the 1980 election. The 1980 US Senate elections coincided with Ronald Reagan 's election to the Presidency. Bayh and his opponent, Congressman and future vice president Dan Quayle, engaged in seven debates. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4 1947 is an American politician and a former Senator from the state of Indiana. In those debates, Quayle attacked Bayh's liberal voting record, which hurt Bayh, and he was defeated for reelection in the Republican landslide year, 46% to Quayle's 54%. Reagan’s coattails refers to the influence of Ronald Reagan ’s popularity in elections other than his own after the American political expression to “ride in Bayh has since resumed his law practice.

He is currently resides in Easton, MD, is a fellow at Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and is a partner at the Washington, DC, law firm Venable LLP. Easton is a town in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11708 at the 2000 census See Washington (disambiguation for institutions with similar names Chestertown is a town in Kent County, Maryland, United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Venable LLP is a Law firm formerly known as Venable Baetjer & Howard LLP. [2]

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