Ex-Sen. Hartke, a foe of Vietnam War, dies

Ex-Sen. Hartke, a foe of Vietnam War, dies

(EXCERPT) By Mary Beth Schneider July 29, 2003

In his 18 years representing Indiana in the U.S. Senate, Vance Hartke
made a name for himself as a pugnacious populist whose antiwar views
put him at odds with Democratic and Republican presidents alike.

But Monday, Hoosier politicians remembered Hartke, who died Sunday at
84, as a nonstop campaigner who never saw a hand he didn't want to
shake or a voter he didn't want to photograph with his ever-present
Polaroid.

"He changed the face of Indiana politics," said former U.S. Rep. Lee
Hamilton, D-Ind.

Hartke, a World War II veteran of the Coast Guard and Navy,...

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