Birch Bayh
Birch Evans Bayh, Jr. (January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American politician. He served as a United States senator of Indiana.[1] He served as senator from 1963 to 1981. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana.
He ran for President of the United States in 1976, but lost to Jimmy Carter during the primary. He was known for co-authoring and introducing Title IX to the Senate.
Bayh authored the twenty-fifth and the twenty-sixth amendments to the United States Constitution. His is the only non-founding father to author two amendments. He also proposed to remove the electoral college and to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
Bayh lost his re-election bid in 1980 to future Vice President Dan Quayle with a vote margin of 53.8% to 46.2%.
Bayh's son, Evan, is a former Indiana governor and senator.
Bayh died on March 14, 2019 in Easton, Maryland from pneumonia, aged 91.[2][3]
Birch Bayh Media
- Birch and Evan Bayh 1962.jpg
Bayh with son Evan Bayh, wife Marvella and an unidentified woman, 1962.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Birch Bayh and Marvella Bayh in 1962
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Bayh with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967
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Bayh with President Jimmy Carter in 1978
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Bayh speaking on a college campus, ca. 1970s.
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Bayh exercising with Title IX athletes at Purdue University, ca. 1970s.
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Bayh meeting with then Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole in Washington, 1985.
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Bayh speaking at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
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Bayh campaigning for Barack Obama in Fort Wayne, Indiana, October 2008.
Bayh, right, with his son Christopher and wife Kitty in Indianapolis, 2003.
References
- ↑ Cruikshank, Kate. The Art of Leadership; A Companion to an Exhibition from the Senatorial Papers of Birch Bayh Archived 2012-12-28 at the Wayback Machine. (Indiana University Libraries, 2007)
- ↑ "Birch Bayh, former Indiana Senator, Title IX author, dies at 91". USA Today. March 14, 2019.
- ↑ Davies, Tom (March 14, 2019). "Former Sen. Birch Bayh, champion of Title IX, dies at 91". PBS NewsHour. Associated Press. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
Other websites
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- Birch Bayh official website Archived 2020-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview with Senator Bayh in August 2004
- United States Congress. "Birch Bayh (id: B000254)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-05-08
- Bayh Appearances on C-SPAN
- Oral History Interview with Birch Bayh, from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Archived 2000-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Historic footage of Birch Bayh from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository
- The Art of Leadership: A Companion to an Exhibition from the Senatorial Papers of Birch Bayh The Lilly Library Bloomington, Indiana.
