{"id":1480,"date":"2008-09-28T23:30:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T03:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2020-12-25T19:43:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T00:43:22","slug":"indiana-political-heroes-by-geoff-paddock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/09\/28\/indiana-political-heroes-by-geoff-paddock\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Political Heroes by Geoff Paddock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"Indiana Political Heroes Cover.  Courtesy image.\" rel=\"lightbox[IPH928]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/Indiana_Political_Heroes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/tIndiana_Political_Heroes.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Geoff Paddock has released a new book entitled, Indiana Political Heroes. \u00c2\u00a0There is a review in the Journal-Gazette, &#8220;<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.journalgazette.net\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080928\/ENT07\/809280351\">Political courage put on display<\/span>&#8220;, by former Chairman of the Allen County Democratic Party, Brian E. Stier. \u00c2\u00a0He writes in the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">First, it was written by a well-known member of our community, Geoff Paddock. Second, the work was competently researched and well conceived. Third, and perhaps most important, Paddock&#8217;s book provides an almost laser-like focus on eight Hoosier public servants and how their lives influenced both Indiana and our great nation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Description from the Amazon.com website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Politics has always played an important role in Indiana, and the state itself at one time furnished candidates for national office for an assortment of American political parties. From 1840, when Whig William Henry Harrison captured the White House with his &#8220;Tippecanoe and Tyler too&#8221; campaign, to 1940, when Wendell Willkie won the Republican presidential nomination and challenged incumbent President Franklin Roosevelt&#8217;s try for a third term in office, approximately 60 percent of the elections had Hoosiers on a party&#8217;s national ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking political office became so ingrained into the state&#8217;s character that noted humorist and journalist George Ade once joked&#8211;playing off General William Tecumseh Sherman&#8217;s famous quote&#8211;that the first words of every Hoosier child upon birth were: &#8220;If nominated I will run, if elected I will serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Paddock&#8217;s &#8220;Indiana Political Heroes&#8221; takes a contemporary look at those who serve in public office as it includes essays on eight Hoosier politicians that have made a difference in Indiana and in the nation&#8217;s capital as well. Paddock profiles such distinguished Democratic and Republican lawmakers as Birch Bayh, John Brademas, Richard Hatcher, R. Vance Hartke, William Hudnut, Richard Ristine, J. Edward Roush, and William Ruckelshaus. In these essays readers will learn about national educational reform, opposition to the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the growth of Indianapolis into a nationally respected community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a title=\"Geoff Paddock.  Photo taken September 16th 2008.\" rel=\"lightbox[IPH928]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/61523.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/t61523.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geoff has been on the Fort Wayne Community School Board, serving as past President and is currently the Executive Director of the Headwaters Park Alliance. \u00c2\u00a0He frequently contributes to the Indiana Historical Society&#8217;s magazine, &#8220;Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History&#8221;. \u00c2\u00a0I personally have read his Birch Bayh essay and found it to be enlightening, well researched and organized. \u00c2\u00a0An excellent primer for those unfamiliar with some of the political legends\/heroes of Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Look for another review this week in the News-Sentinel. \u00c2\u00a0Geoff will also be hosting a book signing at the Barnes &amp; Noble in Jefferson Pointe, on October 11, 2008 from 2pm to 4 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Great job, Geoff!<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/145982.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Geoff Paddock talks with reporters after filing for the Fort Wayne City Council&#039;s 5th District seat on Feburary 11, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"5887\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/145982.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_145982.jpg\" data-title=\"Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Geoff Paddock talks with reporters after filing for the Fort Wayne City Council&#039;s 5th District seat on Feburary 11, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5887\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_145982.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/148564.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat candidates Geoff Paddock, Dennis Ferguson and Republican Ben Hall during the City Council 5th District Debate on April 27, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6128\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/148564.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_148564.jpg\" data-title=\"5DD: Geoff Paddock, Dennis Ferguson and Ben Hall\" data-description=\"Democrat candidates Geoff Paddock, Dennis Ferguson and Republican Ben Hall during the City Council 5th District Debate on April 27, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"5DD: Geoff Paddock, Dennis Ferguson and Ben Hall\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"5DD: Geoff Paddock, Dennis Ferguson and Ben Hall\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6128\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_148564.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/148571.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Republican Candidate Ben Hall, moderator Adrienne Maurer and Democrat candidates Geoff Paddock and Dennis Ferguson after the City Council 5th District Debate on April 27, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6129\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/148571.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_148571.jpg\" data-title=\"5DD: Ben Hall, Adrienne Maurer, Geoff Paddock and Dennis Ferguson\" data-description=\"Republican Candidate Ben Hall, moderator Adrienne Maurer and Democrat candidates Geoff Paddock and Dennis Ferguson after the City Council 5th District Debate on April 27, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"5DD: Ben Hall, Adrienne Maurer, Geoff Paddock and Dennis Ferguson\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"5DD: Ben Hall, Adrienne Maurer, Geoff Paddock and Dennis Ferguson\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6129\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_148571.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151542.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat challenger Geoff Paddock for the City Council 4th District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6239\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151542.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151542.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Democrat challenger Geoff Paddock for the City Council 4th District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6239\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151542.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153475.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Candidate for the Fort Wayne City Council&#039;s 5th District seat, Geoff Paddock, at the former Humpty Dumpty site at Fairfield and Packard Avenues on November 2, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6265\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153475.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153475.jpg\" data-title=\"Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Candidate for the Fort Wayne City Council&#039;s 5th District seat, Geoff Paddock, at the former Humpty Dumpty site at Fairfield and Packard Avenues on November 2, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6265\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153475.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153477.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Candidate for the Fort Wayne City Council&#039;s 5th District seat, Geoff Paddock, at the former Humpty Dumpty site at Fairfield and Packard Avenues on November 2, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6266\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153477.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153477.jpg\" data-title=\"Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Candidate for the Fort Wayne City Council&#039;s 5th District seat, Geoff Paddock, at the former Humpty Dumpty site at Fairfield and Packard Avenues on November 2, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6266\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153477.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-germanfest\/149123.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Geoff Paddock at the Germanfest Bier Tent opening on June 8, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6318\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-germanfest\/149123.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_149123.jpg\" data-title=\"Geoff Paddock at the Germanfest Bier Tent opening\" data-description=\"Geoff Paddock at the Germanfest Bier Tent opening on June 8, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Geoff Paddock at the Germanfest Bier Tent opening\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Geoff Paddock at the Germanfest Bier Tent opening\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6318\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_149123.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154680.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Germanfest President Ken Scheibenberger at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6349\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154680.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154680.jpg\" data-title=\"2012 Germanfest opening ceremony\" data-description=\"Germanfest President Ken Scheibenberger at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2012 Germanfest opening ceremony\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2012 Germanfest opening ceremony\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6349\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154680.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154693.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"City of Fort Wayne Deputy Mayor Mark Becker and Headwaters Park Alliance Executive Director Geoff Paddock at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6351\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154693.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154693.jpg\" data-title=\"Deputy Mayor Mark Becker and Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"City of Fort Wayne Deputy Mayor Mark Becker and Headwaters Park Alliance Executive Director Geoff Paddock at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Deputy Mayor Mark Becker and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Deputy Mayor Mark Becker and Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6351\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154693.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154726.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Headwaters Park Alliance Executive Director Geoff Paddock at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6355\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154726.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154726.jpg\" data-title=\"Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Headwaters Park Alliance Executive Director Geoff Paddock at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6355\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154726.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154760.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Geoff Paddock assists Deputy Mayor Mark Becker in tapping the first keg while Germanfest President Ken Scheibenberger watches at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6359\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154760.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154760.jpg\" data-title=\"Tapping the keg\" data-description=\"Geoff Paddock assists Deputy Mayor Mark Becker in tapping the first keg while Germanfest President Ken Scheibenberger watches at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Tapping the keg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Tapping the keg\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6359\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154760.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154767.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Geoff Paddock assists Deputy Mayor Mark Becker in tapping the first keg while Germanfest President Ken Scheibenberger watches at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='ff80fcacac96fdbf01dd3c5ff89774ed' data-image-id=\"6360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/154767.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012-germanfest\/thumbs\/thumbs_154767.jpg\" data-title=\"Tapping the keg\" data-description=\"Geoff Paddock assists Deputy Mayor Mark Becker in tapping the first keg while Germanfest President Ken Scheibenberger watches at the 2012 Germanfest opening ceremony for the Bier Tent on June 6, 2012.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Tapping the keg\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Tapping the 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