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Article: CAREER PARTHS: HOW THEY GOT WHERE THEY ARE.
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- Campaigns & Elections
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- August 1, 2000
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Baron Hill
Member of Congress, 9th District, Indiana, Democrat
Basketball backboards may have played as big a role in Hill's rise to Congress as his extensive political background. Basketball is the mightiest of high school sports in Indiana, and the walls of Seymour High School proudly display Hill's achievements nearly three decades ago, which were still remembered by voters in 1998.
A native of Seymour, Ind., Baron Hill was a standout athlete at Seymour High School, where he played basketball, football and tack. He still holds the state record in the 100-yard dash and is Seymour High School's all-time leading scorer in basketball. Most ...