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Pete Buttigieg Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg[3] ( /ˈbuːtɪdʒɛdʒ/; born January 19, 1982) is an American politician serving as the 32nd and current Mayor of South Bend, Indiana since 2012.[4] A member of the Democratic Party, Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard University, a Rhodes Scholar, and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. He has been mentioned as a possible candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 election.[5] If elected, Buttigieg would be the first openly gay U.S. President.[6]
Indiana In order to decrease the threat of Indian raids following the Battle of Tippecanoe, Corydon, a town in the far southern part of Indiana, was named the second capital of the Indiana Territory in May 1813.[20] Two years later, a petition for statehood was approved by the territorial general assembly and sent to Congress. An Enabling Act was passed to provide an election of delegates to write a constitution for Indiana. On June 10, 1816, delegates assembled at Corydon to write the constitution, which was completed in 19 days. President James Madison approved Indiana's admission into the union as the nineteenth state on December 11, 1816.[18] In 1825, the state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis.[20]