Title: Richard G. "Dick" Lugar Papers, 1970-1996
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This Richard G. “Dick” Lugar Papers are arranged chronologically.
Abstract
Richard G. “Dick” Lugar (1932-2019) was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 until 2013. In 1996, he ran for the Republican nomination for United States President in the 1996 primaries; however, he ultimately lost the nomination to Bob Dole. The Richard G. “Dick Lugar Papers, dated 1970-1996, contain correspondence, newsletters, clippings, and a commencement address. Also included is a publicity packet from Lugar’s 1996 presidential campaign.
Administrative/Biographical History
Richard Green “Dick” Lugar was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 4, 1932. He attended Denison University and graduated in 1954 with a degree in economics. He graduated from Oxford University with a master’s degree in politics two years later. Lugar married Charlene Smeltzer the same year and the couple had four sons together.
Lugar served in the United States Navy from 1957 until 1960 before he began a career in politics. He served on the Indianapolis School Board (1964 until 1967), served on the Denison University Board of Trustees (1966-2019), and was elected mayor of Indianapolis in 1967 and served two terms (1968-1975). Lugar was first elected to the United States Senate in 1976 and was re-elected in 1982, 1988, and 1994. During this time, he served on several committees including the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; the Committee on Foreign Relations; the Select Committee on Intelligence; the Arms Control Observer Group; the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress.
Lugar ran for the Republican nomination for United States President in the 1996 primaries; however, he ultimately lost the nomination to Bob Dole. He returned to the Senate and was re-elected yet again in 2000 and 2006. Lugar’s career in the United States Congress came to an end when he lost the 2012 Senatorial race in Indiana. Following this loss, he established The Lugar Center, a nonprofit public policy institution in Washington, DC.
Lugar died in Falls Church, Virgina, on April 28, 2019.
