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Who succeeded Birch Bayh in his Senate seat?

  • Dan Quayle

  • Evan Bayh

  • Richard Nixon

  • John F. Kennedy

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Dan Quayle succeeded Birch Bayh in his Senate seat. After Bayh's retirement from the Senate in 1986, Quayle, a Republican from Indiana, won a special election to fill the vacancy. Quayle served in the Senate until 1989, when he was elected vice president under President George H. W. Bush. He served as vice president until 1993.
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