Katie Hall

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name=Katie Beatrice Hall


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birth_date=April 3, 1938
birth_place= Mound Bayou, Mississippi
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Katie Beatrice Hall (born April 3, 1938), served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1982 to 1985. She was born Katie Beatrice Green in Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi. She attended the public schools of Mound Bayou. Hall received a B.S. from Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Mississippi in 1960 and an M.S. from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana in 1968.

Hall served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives 1974–1976 and a member of the Indiana Senate 1976–1982. She was a delegate to the Democratic Mini Convention in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1978. Hall chaired the Indiana State Democratic convention in 1980. Following the sudden death of Congressman Adam Benjamin in September 1982, Hall won a special election to fill the vacancy. She served as a Democrat in the 97th Congress and 98th Congress.

She was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the 99th Congress in 1984, losing the the Democratic primary to Pete Visclosky. Following that, she became vice chair of the Gary, Indiana Housing Board of Commissioners. She later served as city clerk of Gary, Indiana from 1985 to 1993. In 1990 she made another unsuccessful attempt to run for Congress.

In May 2002, Katie Hall, again serving as Gary City Clerk, and her daughter, Chief Deputy Clerk Junifer Hall, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, extortion, and mail fraud. Junifer Hall was also charged with five counts of perjury. Katie Hall eventually pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was sentenced to house arrest and probation. Junifer Hall was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison.

Hall presently resides in Gary, Indiana.

Bibliography

Catlin, Robert A. “Organizational Effectiveness and Black Political Participation: The Case of Katie Hall.” "Phylon" 46 (September 1985): 179–192.