Philip H. Hayes

Philip Harold Hayes (September 1, 1940 – December 20, 2023) was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He was a U.S. Representative, serving in Congress for one term from 1975 to 1977.

Biography
Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, Hayes attended Rensselaer (Indiana) Elementary School. He graduated from Rensselaer High School in 1958, B.A., Indiana University in 1963, and J.D., Indiana University Law School in 1967. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1967 and District of Columbia bar in 1977.

Early career
He was initially a lawyer in private practice, and then a deputy prosecuting attorney for Vanderburgh County, Indiana from 1967 to 1968. He subsequently served as member of the Indiana State senate from 1971 to 1974.

Congress
Hayes was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress (January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977). He introduced the National Climatic Program Act of 1975, a version of which eventually became law as the National Climate Program Act in 1978.

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976, but was the unsuccessful primary election challenger to three-term incumbent Vance Hartke for nomination to the United States Senate.

Later life and death
Hayes was county attorney in Vanderburgh County, Indiana from 2001 to 2002.

Hayes was a resident of Evansville, Indiana.

Hayes died in Evansville on December 20, 2023, at age 83.