Katie Hall

A Representative from Indiana. Born Katie Beatrice Green in Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Miss. , April 3, 1938. Attended public schools of Mound Bayou, Miss. B. S. , Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Miss. , 1960. M. S. , Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. , 1968. Teacher. Member of the Indiana house of representatives, 1974-1976. Member of the Indiana state senate, 1976-1982. Delegate, Democratic Mini Convention, Memphis, Tenn. , 1978. Chair, Indiana State Democratic convention, 1980. Elected simultaneously as a Democrat on the Ninety-seventh Congress and to the Ninety-eighth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Adam Benjamin (November 2, 1982-January 3, 1985). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984. Vice chair, Gary, Ind. , Housing Board Commissioners. City clerk, Gary, Ind. , 1985-1993. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990. Died on February 20, 2012, in Gary, Ind. Interment at Washington Memorial Gardens, Homewood, Ill.