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Indiana politician For the baseball player Charles Edward Decker, see Dusty Decker.

Charles Decker (1911 – October 11, 1962) was a state legislator in Indiana. A Republican, he represented Vanderburgh County, Indiana in the Indiana House of Representatives. He was elected to the Indiana House in 1946 and lost his re-election campaign in 1948. He was a Republican. He lived in Evansville, Indiana. In 1973 he was noted as the first and only black to serve in the state legislature from Evansville.

He was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was African American. He was involved in union organizing.

References

  1. "History of the IBLC".
  2. ^ "Decker, Charles Edward · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
  3. Secretary Of State, Indiana (1946). "Annual Election Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana ... General Elections Statistics".
  4. Sprinkles, Dallas W. (1973). "The History of Evansville Blacks".


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