Philip Sharp | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana | |
In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995 | |
Preceded by | David W. Dennis |
Succeeded by | David M. McIntosh |
Constituency | 10th district (1975–1983) 2nd district (1983–1995) |
Personal details | |
Born | Philip Riley Sharp July 15, 1942 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Philip Riley Sharp (born July 15, 1942) is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic representative from Indiana from 1975 to 1995.
In 1988 and 1990, Sharp defeated future U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.[1]