Vance Hartke, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1919)

Vance Hartke

American politician (1919–2003)

Rupert Vance Hartke was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke was elected to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville, Indiana. In the Senate, he supported the Great Society and became a…