Adam Benjamin, Jr.

Adam Benjamin Jr. ( born August 6, 1935 in Gary, Indiana, † September 7, 1982 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1977 and 1982 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Adam Benjamin attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1952, the Kemper Military High School in Boonville (Missouri ). Between 1952 and 1954 he was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. He then completed until 1958, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Until 1961 he remained as Lieutenant member of the U.S. Army. This year, he was still working then as a teacher at Edison High School in Gary; In 1962, he was employed as a computer analyst in Chicago. From 1964 to 1965 he was employed by the administration of the city Gary in the field of land use. Until 1967, he served as town clerk ( Executive Secretary to the Mayor ) in this city. After studying law at Valparaiso Law School and its made ​​in 1966 admitted to the bar he began in his birthplace of Gary to work in this profession.

Politically, Benjamin member of the Democratic Party. From 1967 to 1971 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Indiana; 1971-1976 he was a member of the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1976, Benjamin was the first electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ray J. Madden on January 3, 1977. After a re-election, he could remain until his death on September 7, 1982 at the Congress. His mandate was made after a special election to Katie Hall.