“Indiana Senator” Vance Hartke Hand Signed 3X5 Card COA for Sale

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“Indiana Senator” Vance Hartke Hand Signed 3X5 Card COA For Sale

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“Indiana Senator” Vance Hartke Hand Signed 3X5 Card COA:
$20.99

Up for sale“Indiana Senator” Vance Hartke Hand Signed 3X5 Card.This item is authenticated By ToddMueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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RupertVance Hartke(May 31,1919– July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as aDemocraticUnited States SenatorfromIndianafrom 1959 until 1977. Hartke won election to theSenate after serving as the mayor ofEvansville, Indiana. Inthe Senate, he supported theGreat Societyand became a prominent opponent oftheVietnam War. Hartke ran for president in the1972Democratic primariesbut withdrew after the first set ofprimaries. He left the Senate after being defeated in his 1976 re-electioncampaign byRichard Lugar. Hartke wasborn on May 31, 1919, inStendal,Pike County, Indiana, theson of Ida Mary (Egbert), an organist, and Hugo Leonard Hartke, a teacher. His paternal grandparents were German, as wereall of his maternal great-grandparents.He attended public schools in Stendal. Hegraduated from Evansville College (now theUniversity of Evansville)in 1940, and from 1942 until 1946 Hartke served in theUnited States NavyandUnited States Coast Guard,rising fromseamantolieutenant. Hartke graduated from theIndianaUniversity Maurer School of Lawin 1948.