Philip H. Hayes

Philip H. Hayes

Philip Harold Hayes (born September 1, 1940 in Battle Creek , Michigan ) is a former American politician . Between 1975 and 1977 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philip Hayes attended Rensselaer Elementary School and then until 1958 the Rensselaer High School in Indiana. He then studied law at Indiana University until 1967, among other things. After being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession. In 1967 and 1868 he was assistant district attorney in Vanderburgh County .

Politically, Hayes joined the Democratic Party . Between 1971 and 1974 he was a member of the Indiana Senate . In the 1974 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Republican Roger H. Zion on January 3, 1975 . This election success was also influenced by the Watergate affair , which badly damaged Zion's party. Since he refused to run again in 1976, Hayes could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1977 .

In 1976, Hayes ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the US Senate elections . His last public office to date was in 2001 and 2002 as a prosecutor in Vanderburgh County. Today he lives in Evansville .

Web links

• Philip H. Hayes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)