Katie Hall (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Katie Hall (politician)

American congresswoman for Indiana

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1938

Place of Birth: Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 20-Feb-2012

Profession: teacher, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Katie Hall (politician)

  • Katie Beatrice Hall (April 3, 1938 – February 20, 2012) was an American educator in Gary, Indiana, and a politician who served as a U.S.
  • Representative from Indiana from 1982 to 1985.
  • When Hall was sworn into federal office on November 2, 1982, she became the first black woman from Indiana elected to the U.S.
  • House of Representatives.
  • Hall represented Indiana's 1st Congressional District in the final months the 97th Congress and an entire two-year term in the 98th Congress from 1983 to 1985.
  • She is best known for sponsoring legislation and leading efforts on the floor of the U.S.
  • House in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday after previous efforts had failed.
  • H.R.
  • 3706 to establish the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in King's honor was introduced in July 1983 and passed in the House on August 2, 1983.
  • President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2, 1983.
  • Prior to her election to the U.S.
  • House, Hall served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1974 to 1976 and as a member of the Indiana Senate from 1976 to 1982.
  • She was also a delegate to the Democratic Mini Convention in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1978; chairperson of the Lake County, Indiana, Democratic Committee from 1978 to 1980; and chairperson of the Indiana State Democratic convention in 1980.
  • Hall was defeated in her bid for reelection to the U.S.
  • Congress in the Democratic primary May 1984, narrowly losing to Peter Visclosky by 2,367 votes.
  • She also lost two subsequent efforts against Visclosky in 1986 and 1990 to recapture Indiana's 1st District seat in the U.S.
  • House.
  • After serving in Congress, Hall was vice chairperson of the Gary Housing Board of Commissioners.
  • In 1985 she became the city clerk of Gary; however, she resigned the position in January 2003 after signing a plea agreement related to mail fraud.
  • Hall was subsequently sentenced to house arrest and probation.
  • She retired from teaching in the Gary public schools in 2004.

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