Philip Harold Hayes (born September 1, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from
Indiana. He is a former
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
, serving in
Congress for one term from 1975 to 1977.
Biography
Born in
Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, Michigan, Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek River, Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle C ...
, Hayes attended Rensselaer (Indiana) Elementary School.
He graduated from Rensselaer High School, 1958.
B.A.,
Indiana University, 1963.
J.D.,
Indiana University Law School, 1967.
He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1967 and District of Columbia bar in 1977.
He was a lawyer in private practice.
Deputy prosecuting attorney,
Vanderburgh County, Indiana from 1967 to 1968.
He served as member of the Indiana State senate from 1971 to 1974.
Congress
Hayes was elected as a
Democrat
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Politics
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to the
Ninety-fourth Congress (January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977). He introduced the National Climatic Program Act of 1975, a version of which eventually became law as the National Climate Program Act in 1978.
The National Climate Program Act of 1978
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He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976, but was the unsuccessful primary election challenger to three-term incumbent Vance Hartke
Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke won election to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville, Indiana. I ...
for nomination to the United States Senate.
County attorney, Vanderburgh County, Indiana from 2001 to 2002.
Later life
He is a resident of Evansville, Indiana.
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Indiana University alumni
Democratic Party Indiana state senators
People from Battle Creek, Michigan
Politicians from Evansville, Indiana
1940 births
Living people
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
Indiana lawyers
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