\"Indiana Senator\" Vance Hartke Hand Signed FDC Dated 1966 JG Autographs COA for Sale

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\"Indiana Senator\" Vance Hartke Hand Signed FDC Dated 1966 JG Autographs COA For Sale

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\"Indiana Senator\" Vance Hartke Hand Signed FDC Dated 1966 JG Autographs COA:
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Up for sale\"Indiana Senator\" Vance Hartke Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1966.This item is certified authentic by JGAutographs and comes with their Letter of Authenticity.
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Rupert Vance Hartke(May 31, 1919– July 27, 2003) was aDemocraticUnited States SenatorfromIndianafrom 1959 until 1977. Hartke won election to the Senate after serving as the mayor ofEvansville, Indiana. In the Senate, he supported theGreat Societyand became a prominent opponent of theVietnam War. Hartke ran for president in the1972 Democratic primariesbut withdrew after the first set of primaries. He left the Senate after being defeated in his 1976 re-election campaign byRichard Lugar. Hartke was born on May 31, 1919 inStendal,Pike County, Indiana, the son of Ida Mary (Egbert), an organist, and Hugo Leonard Hartke, a teacher.His paternal grandparents were German, as were all of his maternal great-grandparents.He attended public schools in Stendal. He graduated 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 theIndiana University Maurer School of Lawin 1948. After joining the Indiana State Bar in 1948, Hartke began practicing law inEvansville. He also worked as deputy prosecuting attorney ofVanderburgh County(1950–1951) and Mayor ofEvansville(1956–1958) and integrated the city swimming pools before being elected to theUnited States Senatein 1958 and reelected in 1964 and 1970 (1959–1977).