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David M. McIntosh

David M. McIntosh
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by Phil Sharp
Succeeded by Mike Pence
Director of the Domestic Policy Council
In office
December 2, 1987 – September 8, 1988
President Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Ken Cribb
Succeeded by Dan Crippen
Personal details
Born David Martin McIntosh
(1958-06-08) June 8, 1958 (age 58)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Ruth McManis
Education Yale University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

David Martin McIntosh (born June 8, 1958) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2001. McIntosh was the Republican nominee for Governor of Indiana in 2000, losing to Democratic incumbent Frank O'Bannon. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in Indiana's 5th congressional district in 2012. In December 2014, McIntosh was named the president of the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative 501(c)4 organization.

McIntosh was born in Oakland, California, the son of Jean Marie (Slough), a judge, and Norman McIntosh. He moved to his mother's hometown of Kendallville, Indiana, at age five after his father died of cancer.

McIntosh attended Yale University, where he was a member and later president of the Yale Political Union and despite his political orientation its Progressive Party. He graduated with a B.A. (cum laude) in 1980, and later received a J.D. from University of Chicago Law School in 1983. He was taught at Chicago by Antonin Scalia, who later became a Supreme Court Justice. He is also a co-founder of The Federalist Society.

During the Reagan Administration, McIntosh served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General and as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs.


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