Richard Boehning Explained

Richard Boehning
Office:Indiana House of Representatives Majority Floor Leader
Term Start:November 27, 1968
Term End:1972
Office2:State Representative from Tippecanoe County
Alongside2:Frances Gaylord
Term Start2:1966
Term End2:1972
Birth Date:2 July 1937
Birth Place:Rensselaer, Indiana, U.S.
Party:Republican
Children:5
Education:Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University School of Law

Richard A. Boehning ((pronounced ben-ing) born July 2, 1937) was an American politician and businessman who served as a state representative and state House Majority Floor Leader from Indiana as a Republican.[1] [2]

Life

Richard A. Boehning was born on July 2, 1937, in Rensselaer, Indiana, and attended Francesville High School.[3]

In 1957 he married Phyllis Albrecht Gutwein whom he would later have five children with and who would serve on the Lafayette City Council from 1984 to 1999.[4] In 1959 he graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a Bachelor of Science degree and graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in 1961. In 1961 he became a precinct committeeman in Francesville and in 1964 he was appointed as Lafayette's city attorney by Mayor Donald W. Blue.[5] [6]

On March 7, 1966, he announced that he would run for the Republican nomination for state representative from Tippecanoe County. On May 3, 1966, he and Frances Gaylord won the top two Republican primary and both received the Republican nomination and both went on to win in the general election against Democratic nominees Harry A. Fink and Robert L. Huffman.[7] [8] In the 1967 session he served as chairman of the Cities and Towns House committee and served as a member on the Judiciary and Natural Resources and Conservation committees.[9] [10]

On November 27, 1968, he was elected as House Majority Floor Leader after defeating four other candidates on the third ballot with 36 out of 71 votes.[11] On January 13, 1971, he introduced a constitutional amendment to Indiana's constitution that would lower the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old two months ahead of the federal 26th Amendment.[12]

He considered running in the Republican primary against Representative Earl Landgrebe in the Second Congressional District during the 1970 election, but later chose not to.[13] On November 9, 1971, Boehning announced that he would challenge Landgrebe for the Republican nomination in Indiana's Second Congressional District later citing Landgrebe's narrow victory in 1970 and him being the only member of Indiana's Republican delegation to refuse to join the Indiana section of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President.[14] [15] During the primary Charles A. Halleck, who had served in the district before Landgrebe and House Majority and Minority Leader, gave his endorsement to Boehning.[16] Landgrebe narrowly defeated Boehning with 34,813 votes for 54.20% against his 29,417 votes for 45.80% of the vote.

Notes and References

  1. News: Where Are They Now? . 19 September 1977 . The Indianapolis News . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222221806/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40946003/the_indianapolis_news/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 46 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Measure of Fame: Boehning's Name Mangled in the Congressional Record . 27 May 1967 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223075404/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40969268/journal_and_courier/ . 23 December 2019 . live . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Boehning Is Named New City Attorney . 19 November 1963 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223074058/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40969093/journal_and_courier/ . 23 December 2019 . live . 40 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Phyllis Albrecht Boehning . 14 January 2015 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222222428/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40946225/journal_and_courier/ . 22 December 2019 . live . C3 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Boehning Draws Winning Cards In Political Career . 3 February 1971 . The Indianapolis News . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223081245/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40969466/the_indianapolis_news/ . 23 December 2019 . live . 45 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Boehning To Run For Legislature . 7 March 1966 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222223747/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40946915/journal_and_courier/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 26 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Andrew Is Senate Nominee . 4 May 1966 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222224204/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40947304/journal_and_courier/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Andrew, Boehning, Gaylord to Legislature . 9 November 1966 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222224344/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40947325/journal_and_courier/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 58 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: For State Representative . 2 May 1968 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223074510/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40969151/journal_and_courier/ . 23 December 2019 . live . 57 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: Freshman Legislators Draw Big Assignments . 16 January 1967 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223074948/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40969214/journal_and_courier/ . 23 December 2019 . live . 20 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: Riggin Loses Bid for Majority Leader . 28 November 1968 . The Star Press . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223080737/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40969408/the_star_press/ . 23 December 2019 . live . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: State Vote at 18 in 1972? . 13 January 1971 . The South Bend Tribune . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222224344/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40947325/journal_and_courier/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: Boehning May Run Against Landgrebe . 25 July 1969 . The Indianapolis News . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222222959/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40946607/the_indianapolis_news/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: Boehning Running Against Landgrebe . 9 November 1971 . The Indianapolis News . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222034147/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40914783/the_indianapolis_news/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: Boehning . 25 April 1972 . The Indianapolis Star . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222023714/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40911844/the_indianapolis_star/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: Halleck's Backing Given Boehning . 6 April 1972 . Journal and Courier . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222033129/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40914208/journal_and_courier/ . 22 December 2019 . live . 1 . Newspapers.com.

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