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Preceded by
  
Party
  
Political party
  
Democratic

Succeeded by
  
H. Joel Deckard

Name
  
David Cornwell

Resigned
  
January 3, 1979

Role
  
U.S. representative


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Full Name
  
David Lance Cornwell

Born
  
June 14, 1945Paoli, Indiana (
1945-06-14
)

Alma mater
  
Hillsdale CollegeAmerican College of MonacoIndiana University

Died
  
November 2, 2012, Annapolis, Maryland, United States

Education
  

David Lance Cornwell (June 14, 1945 – November 2, 2012) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Life and career

Born in Paoli, Indiana, Cornwell attended Paoli public schools, Culver Military Academy in Indiana and later Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. In 1964, Cornwell graduated from Park High School, Indianapolis, Indiana. The same year, he attended Hillsdale College and then American College of Monaco in 1969. Cornwell enrolled in the Indiana University in 1974.

He also worked as secretary for the Board of Directors of Cornwell Co., Inc. in Paoli.

In the years 1966 to 1968, he served in the United States Army in Vietnam.

Although an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress, Cornwell was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress, representing Indiana's 8th congressional district. He served from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1979 and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978.

After he left Congress, Cornwell worked in governmental and international relations. He was a resident of Annapolis, Maryland at the time of his death.

References

David L. Cornwell Wikipedia


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