Randall S. Harmon, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRandall S. Harmon
American politician
Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1903
Date of Death: 18-Aug-1982
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Randall S. Harmon
- Randall S.
- "Front Porch" Harmon (July 19, 1903 – August 18, 1982) was a U.S.
- Representative from Indiana. Harmon was born in North Vernon, Indiana and he graduated from North Vernon High School.
- Harmon also took extension courses in law and tool engineering.
- He was employed as a tool engineer with Delco Battery Operations in Muncie, Indiana from 1933 to 1959. Harmon ran for Congress seven times from 1944 to 1956, running from 1944 to 1952 as a Republican and in 1954 and 1956 as a Democrat.
- He failed to win a Congressional primary once during this time. Due to the Democratic party's landslide victory in the 1958 Congressional elections, Harmon was elected to Congress, defeating incumbent Ralph Harvey.
- During his term in office, Harmon attracted controversy by putting his wife on the Congressional payroll and declaring his front porch a Congressional district office.
- Harmon also explored the possibility of running for President in 1960, but he refused to spend money on such a candidacy, and never proceeded to run.
- Harmon won his primary with 30% of the vote in a field of nine candidates.
- In the general election, he campaigned with a replica of a front porch on a truck, Harmon lost his bid for re-election in 1960 to Ralph Harvey. After leaving office, Harmon campaigned for Congress in 1962.
- He then attempted to run for Congress in 1964, but he filed for Congress and the Delaware County Council, and the state ruled that he could run for neither office.
- Harmon then ran for Congress eight more times from 1968 to 1982, failing to get out of the primary once, before dying in August 1982.
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