Birch Bayh
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United States Senator from Indiana |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Homer Earl Capehart |
| Succeeded by | Dan Quayle |
| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives | |
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In office 1955–1963 |
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| Born |
Birch Evans Bayh, Jr. January 22, 1928 Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Marvella Hern (1952–1979, her death) Katherine "Kitty" Halpin (since 1981) |
| Children | Evan Bayh (born 1955), Christopher Bayh (born 1982) |
| Residence |
Shirkieville, Indiana, U.S. (c. 1954–1981) Easton, Maryland, U.S. (1981–present) |
| Alma mater |
Purdue University Indiana State University Indiana University Maurer School of Law |
| Profession | Politician, Attorney |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1946–1948 |
| Rank | PFC |
Birch Evans Bayh, Jr. (/ˈbaɪ/ BY; born January 22, 1928) is a former U.S. Senator from Indiana who served from 1963 to 1981. He is the only non-Founding Father to author two amendments to the United States Constitution and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 1976. He is the father of former Indiana Governor and former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh and Christopher Bayh, a lawyer in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Bayh was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of Leah Ward (née Hollingsworth), a teacher, and Birch Evans Bayh, Sr., a coach and athletic director. His ancestry includes German, English, Northern Irish, and Scottish. Bayh spent summers on his grandparents’ farm in Shirkieville, Indiana, where he later lived. As a student at New Goshen (Fayette Township) High School, young Birch took part in speaking contests, played baseball and basketball, and won the Indiana 4-H Tomato Championship.
From 1946 to 1948, Bayh served as an MP with the United States Army in occupied Germany following World War II. He excelled in sports, competing as a Golden Gloves boxer in college and taking part in two Major League Baseball tryouts. Bayh graduated from the Purdue University School of Agriculture in 1951, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity and senior class president. In 1951, he won Alpha Tau Omega's highest individual collegiate award, the Thomas Arkle Clark Award. He married Marvella Hern in August 1952, and took courses at Indiana State University in Terre Haute for two years while also running the family farm.
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