“My father was on the Judiciary Committee all 18 years. He had a good personal relationship with Jim Eastland. They probably didn't agree on practically anything, or very little, from a public policy standpoint. But they were willing to work through that to see what they could get done just because they knew each other and liked each other.”

American politician

Evan Bayh is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. Born Birch Evans Bayh III, he served as governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997 and as a United States senator for Indiana from 1999 to 2011. He later served on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Joe Biden. His public career has been centered on Indiana and national politics, with work in executive office, the Senate, and advisory service at the federal level.