- Edgar Whitcomb
Edgar Doud Whitcomb (born
November 6 1917 ,Hayden, Indiana ), was an attorney and the 43rdGovernor of Indiana .Early life
He was the second child and first son of John Whitcomb and Louise Doud Whitcomb. An outgoing and athletic youth, he lettered in basketball. He joined the
United States Army Air Corps in 1940 and was deployed to the Pacific Theater. His experiences related to theBattle of the Philippines , in which he was taken prisoner, later to escape his imprisonment, are told in his first book, "Escape from Corregidor", published in 1958.He was discharged from active duty in 1946, though he remained in the reserve military forces for more than two decades thereafter. Whitcomb's second book, "On Celestial Wings", was published in 1995.
Following the war, he attended
Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis . Upon graduation and passing of thebar exam in 1954, he set up a law practice inNorth Vernon, Indiana .Political career
Whitcomb is a member of the Republican Party. Whitcomb was elected to the Indiana State Senate in 1950. He ran for and was elected to the office of
Secretary of State of Indiana in 1966 and then Governor in 1968. Whitcomb served as Governor of Indiana from 1969 to 1973.In 1976, Whitcomb again sought the Republican nomination to the
United States Senate , but was defeated byIndianapolis MayorRichard Lugar . He then returned to his private practice of law in southern Indiana.He currently resides in the small town of
Rome, Indiana ee also
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List of Governors of Indiana External links
* [http://www.in.gov/history/4112.htm Official Biography from the Indiana Historical Bureau]
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