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Linda (Linda) C. Lawson (D-SH001)
Email - Web Site
Capitol: 317.232.0243
FAX: 317.232.9795
District: 219.853.1232
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Representative
Room 3-3 State House 200 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2786
District Office:
29 Detroit Street
Hammond, IN 46320
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| Elected: 1998 Next Election: 2014 | | Spouse: James (Jim) Hornak DOB: 11/3/1948 |
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| Lake |
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BioState Representative Linda Lawson, a graduate of Gavit High School, has been a long-time member of the Hammond community. She attended Indiana University Northwest. She went on to become the first female captain of the Hammond Police Department. Representative Lawson served in numerous capacities over a 24–year period. She worked as a patrol officer and with the sex crimes and domestic violence divisions, where she gained a great deal of knowledge and experience.Lawson has also served as a member of the Hammond School Board for 12 years. In 1998, Lawson was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent Indiana House District 1, which encompasses most of Hammond, Munster and parts of Whiting. She is the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. She has also served on such legislative committees as Environmental Affairs, Courts & Criminal Code, Family Affairs, Education, and Labor. Representative Lawson has been involved in many pieces of crucial domestic violence legislation in her career at the State House. She has served on numerous boards such as Haven House, a women's shelter in Lake County, as well as the Boys and Girls Club. Representative Lawson has two grown daughters and she was married to the late Jim Hornak. Lastly, she is a grandmother, a “job” she considers by far her most important.
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