Birch Bayh

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Birch Bayh was a prominent U.S. senator from Indiana known for his major legislative contributions, including authorship of key constitutional amendments and influential education and innovation laws.

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Bayh 1
Birch Evans Bayh Jr. 1
Evan Bayh 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party politician
United States senator
human
lawyer
politician
almaMater Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Purdue University
authorOf Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
awardReceived Sigma Delta Chi First Amendment Award
birthDate 1928-01-22
birthPlace Terre Haute, Indiana
surface form: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Birch Bayh self-linksurface differs
surface form: Evan Bayh
coAuthorOf Bayh–Dole Act
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2019-03-14
deathPlace Easton, Maryland
surface form: Easton, Maryland, United States
electedTo United States Senate
endTime 1981-01-03
familyName Birch Bayh self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bayh
fieldOfWork constitutional law
education policy
innovation policy
fullName Birch Bayh self-linksurface differs
surface form: Birch Evans Bayh Jr.
genre public policy
givenName Birch
knownFor constitutional amendments on presidential succession and voting age
education reform legislation
promoting university technology transfer and innovation policy
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryService United States Army
notableWork Bayh–Dole Act
Title IX
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
surface form: Twenty-fifth Amendment

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
surface form: Twenty-sixth Amendment
occupation attorney
politician
positionHeld Member of the Indiana House of Representatives
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
United States senator
religion Methodism
representedInSenate Indiana
residence New Washington, Indiana, United States
sponsorOf Bayh–Dole Act
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
Title IX
surface form: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
spouse Marvella Hern Bayh
surface form: Katherine “Kitty” Halpin Bayh

Marvella Hern Bayh
startTime 1963-01-03

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Birch Bayh child Birch Bayh self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Evan Bayh
Birch Bayh familyName Birch Bayh self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bayh
Birch Bayh fullName Birch Bayh self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Birch Evans Bayh Jr.
Bayh–Dole Act namedAfter Birch Bayh