Katie Beatrice Hall

Katie Beatrice Hall was an American educator in Gary, Indiana, and a politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1982 to 1985. When Hall was sworn into federal office on November 2, 1982, she became the first black woman from Indiana elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Hall represented Indiana's 1st Congressional District in the final months the 97th Congress and an entire two-year term in the 98th Congress from 1983 to 1985. She is best known for sponsoring legislation and leading efforts on the floor of the U.S. House in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Katie Beatrice Hall has six videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1983 House Proceeding. The year with the most videos was 1984 with four videos.

Appearances by Title:

Previously

U.S. Representative, D-IN 1st November 2, 1982 - January 3, 1985 Videos: 3

Recent Appearances

  • Women Who Govern Panel

    Women Who Govern Panel

    Panelists discussed women’s issues and being in public service.

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House met for legislative session. Speaker Tip O’Neill’s words were taken down when he answered Representative Newt Gingr…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House debated legislation to expand economic growth, reduce unemployment, and increase funding for vocational education. …

  • Economic Policy Legislation

    Economic Policy Legislation

    The House debated legislation to expand economic growth, reduce unemployment, and increase funding for vocational education.

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House met to discuss the economic situation, foreign policy concerns, the federal deficit, and the rules governing the mi…

  • Economic Policy Debate

    Economic Policy Debate

    The House met to discuss the economic situation, foreign policy concerns, the federal deficit, and the rules governing the mi…

See all appearances

Appearance Stats

Historical Member of Congress Record

Former Ideology Rankings

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Committees

  • No Committees

Votes

Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 0
    • Total Time Speaking:
    • Common Floor Remark Topics:

Bills

* The first paragraph of this page uses material from the Wikipedia article 'Katie Hall (American politician)', which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Footnotes and parentheticals have been removed.