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Dan Quayle
James Danforth Quayle is an American retired politician and Indiana National Guard veteran who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Quayle represented Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981 and in the Senate from 1981 to 1989.
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2026· 6 entries
“s landscape created a climate of corporate uncertainty, effectively putting a stranglehold on domestic infrastructure growth. He also had majorly claimed that Obama”
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“s proposed taxes and government expansions would inherently suppress private market sector growth and eliminate jobs rather than foster a healthy economic environment. With foreign affairs, Quayle had said that Clinton”
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“You take the UNCF model that what a waste it is to lose one”
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“one of [his] heroes of American history was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln made an interesting statement that parallels the lesson above that I learned from golf:”
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Quayle attended the swearing in of Kevin Warsh as Chair of the Federal Reserve at the White House
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2025· 2 entries
CNBC: 'I don't think it will end any time soon': Former U.S. V.P. Dan Quayle says of Russia-Ukraine war
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Quayle accompanied by his wife Marily attended the Second inauguration of Donald Trump and JD Vance
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2024· 2 entries
Newsweek: China ‘Outpacing’ US in High-Tech Arms Race, Dan Quayle Warns
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Yahoo: Candice Bergen ties JD Vance to Dan Quayle: 'My work here is done'
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2017· 1 entry
Quayle attended by his wife attended the First inauguration of Donald Trump and fellow hoosier Mike Pence
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2016· 2 entries
Yahoo Finance: Former VP Dan Quayle Says GOP Must Support Trump
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Quayle described the vice presidency as "an awkward office
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2013· 1 entry
Dan Quayle and his wife Marilyn attended the Second inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden
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2012· 1 entry
After redistricting, Quayle's son faced a serious primary challenge from fellow U
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2011· 3 entries
Quayle endorsed former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential election
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Quayle wrote a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to commute Jonathan Pollard's sentence
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Their son Ben Quayle served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 until 2013 representing Arizona's 3rd Congressional District until he lost re-nomination in the Republican primary to David Schweikert after redistricting.
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2010· 2 entries
Quayle's son, Ben Quayle, ran for the House of Representatives from Arizona
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And 2012 and with advising Mike Pence to certify the results of the 2020 United States presidential election
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2009· 1 entry
Quayle and his wife attended the First inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden
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2005· 1 entry
Quayle attended the Second inauguration of George W
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2002· 1 entry
Candice Bergen, the actress who played Brown, said "I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobo
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2001· 1 entry
Quayle accompanied by his wife attended the First inauguration of George W
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2000· 3 entries
Election won: 2000 presidential election.
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But withdrew his campaign early on and supported the eventual nominee, George W
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Campaign: 2000 presidential election.
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1999· 2 entries
Officially created an exploratory committee
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Quayle joined Cerberus Capital Management, a multibillion-dollar private-equity firm, where he serves as chair of the company's Global Investments division
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1997· 1 entry
And 1998, Quayle was a "distinguished visiting professor of international studies" at the Thunderbird School of Global Management
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1996· 1 entry
And decided against running for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, citing health problems related to phlebitis
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1993· 4 entries
With the first inauguration of Bill Clinton
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Quayle presided over the certification of the 1992 presidential election, confirming the electoral victory of his and Bush's opponents, Bill Clinton and Al Gore
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Published his memoir in 1994, Standing Firm which became a bestseller
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Quayle became a trustee of the Hudson Institute
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1992· 5 entries
Election lost: 1992 re-election campaign.
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Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey
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Quayle gave a speech titled Reflections on Urban America to the Commonwealth Club of California on the subject of the Los Angeles riots
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Campaign: 1992 re-election campaign.
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But was defeated by the Democratic ticket of Bill Clinton and Al Gore
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1990· 1 entry
Toured Chile, Brazil and other countries in South America to focus on strengthening ties with regional neighbors
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1989· 2 entries
At noon, Quayle became the 44th vice president of the United States, sworn into the office by justice Sandra Day O'Connor, making him the first vice president to be sworn in by a female justice of the Supreme Court
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1989–1993).
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1988· 7 entries
Election lost: 1988 vice presidential election.
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Election lost: 1988 election campaign.
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At the Republican convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, George H
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Campaign: 1988 election campaign.
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Campaign: 1988 vice presidential election.
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Incumbent vice president and Republican presidential nominee George H
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“Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the back! ... That's a Hoosierism. You've got to get used to that!”
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1987· 17 entries
“When you take the UNCF model that, what a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very wasteful, how true that is.”
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Career landmark: United States senator (1987–1989).
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“¿Le están suministrando DDT?.”
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“Bobby Knight told me this: "There is nothing that a good defense—cannot beat a better offense." In other words a good offense wins.”
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“El Holocausto fue un periodo obsceno en la historia de nuestra nación. No, no de nuestra nación, pero en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Quiero decir que todos nosotros hemos vivido en este siglo. Yo no he vivido en este siglo, pero en la historia de este siglo.”
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“Esperamos que ellos [funcionarios del gobierno de El Salvador] trabajen en pro de la eliminación de los derechos humanos.”
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“Se não alcançarmos êxito, corremos o risco do fracasso.”
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“In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get the future.”
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“People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.”
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“The future will be better tomorrow.”
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“You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.”
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“The other day [the President] said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. Would you like a puppy?”
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“I believe we are on an irreversible trend towards more freedom and democracy, but that could change.”
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“Mars is essentially in the same orbit. ... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.”
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“We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.”
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“This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.”
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“I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring, but I did very well.”
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1986· 4 entries
And confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1986
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Quayle was criticized for championing the cause of Daniel Anthony Manion, a candidate for a federal appellate judgeship, who was in law school one year ahead of Quayle
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Campaign: 1986 election.
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With the largest margin ever achieved to that date by a candidate in a statewide Indiana race, taking 61% of the vote against his Democratic opponent, Jill Long
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1985–1987).
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1983–1985).
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1981· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1981–1983).
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1980· 5 entries
Election lost: 1980 election.
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Quayle then ran against popular incumbent senator Birch Bayh
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Quayle announced he would run for the United States Senate for the upcoming election
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And instead successfully ran for the United States Senate
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Campaign: 1980 election.
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1979· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1979–1981).
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1978· 1 entry
Quayle ran for reelection, winning the Republican nomination unopposed
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1977· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States representative (1977–1979).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1977–1981).
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1976· 2 entries
Where he beat incumbent representative, Edward Roush
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Quayle, then a general manager of the Huntington Herald-Press, decided to challenge the incumbent representative for Indiana's 4th congressional district, Democrat J
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1975· 1 entry
A role he retained until his own death in 1999
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1974· 2 entries
Quayle earned a Juris Doctor (J
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Quayle worked as associate publisher of his family's newspaper, the Huntington Herald-Press
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1972· 3 entries
Dan Quayle met Marilyn Quayle in 1972 when the two were attending night classes at Indiana University Robert H.
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When the two were attending night classes at Indiana University Robert H
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And had three children including Ben, and obtained his J
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1970· 1 entry
While serving in the Guard, Quayle enrolled at Indiana University Robert H
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1969· 1 entry
Was the captain of the university golf team and a member of the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon (Psi Phi chapter)
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1948· 1 entry
Pulliam purchased the News and combined the business, mechanical, advertising, and circulation operations of the two papers, with the News moving into the Star's building in 1950
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1947· 2 entries
Born 1947-02-04.
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To Martha (née Pulliam) and James Cline Quayle
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1944· 2 entries
And adopted initiatives to increase the paper's circulation
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The Star had trailed the evening Indianapolis News but by 1948 had become Indiana's largest newspaper
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