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Phillip Louis Bayt Jr.
Phillip Louis Bayt Jr.

Born on September 29, 1910, the second of 11 children to his Slovenian and Austrian parents, Phillip Bayt Jr. attended… Read More »Phillip Louis Bayt Jr.

Robert Lee Brokenburr
Robert Lee Brokenburr

Born on November 16, 1886, in Phoebus, Virginia, and encouraged by his parents to get an education, Robert Brokenburr worked… Read More »Robert Lee Brokenburr

Harriette Bailey Conn
Harriette Bailey Conn

(Sept. 22, 1922- Aug. 21, 1981). Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Harriette Vesta Bailey Conn graduated from and Talladega College, where… Read More »Harriette Bailey Conn

Charles G. Coulon

Coulon was born on February 16, 1825, in Goettingen, Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1847 to avoid… Read More »Charles G. Coulon

Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board

A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a 2005 Indiana law requiring all voters casting an… Read More »Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board

Caleb Stone Denny
Caleb Stone Denny

(May 13, 1850-Mar. 24, 1926). Denny’s father, born in Kentucky, was opposed to slavery, and so settled in Monroe County,… Read More »Caleb Stone Denny

George Littrell Denny
George Littrell Denny

(July 7, 1878-Sept. 29, 1958). A native of Indianapolis and the son of , former three-time mayor of the city,… Read More »George Littrell Denny

Charles Warren Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks

(May 11, 1852-June 4, 1918). Attorney, state Republican leader, and vice president of the United States, 1905-1909, Charles Warren Fairbanks… Read More »Charles Warren Fairbanks

Walter Quintin Gresham
Walter Quintin Gresham

(Mar. 17, 1832-May 28, 1895). A native of Harrison County, Indiana, Gresham attended Indiana University one year before reading law.… Read More »Walter Quintin Gresham

Richard Wayne Guthrie
Richard Wayne Guthrie

(Mar. 19, 1926-Apr. 14, 1993). Born in Indianapolis, Richard Wayne Guthrie graduated from Thomas Carr Howe High School. He received… Read More »Richard Wayne Guthrie

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