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Eight terms in Congress from Fort Wayne's district
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Mark Edward Souder was born on July 18, 1950. Federal references divide on the place: the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress gives Fort Wayne, while the Congressional Directory published during his service gives Grabill, the Allen County town where he grew up. He graduated from Leo High School in 1968, took a bachelor's degree at Indiana University Fort Wayne in 1972 and an M.B.A. at the University of Notre Dame in 1974, and worked in the family business, Souder's of Grabill. After years as an aide to Representative and then Senator Dan Coats, he won Fort Wayne's congressional seat himself and served eight terms, from January 3, 1995, until his resignation on May 21, 2010, after he acknowledged an affair with a member of his staff. In retirement he co-authored Television in Fort Wayne, 1953–2018 (2021), a history of the city's broadcasting. He died of pancreatic cancer on September 26, 2022.
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Sources: U.S. House History, Art & Archives (biography); Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (birthplace as Grabill); FairHaven Funeral Home, Fort Wayne (obituary).