Philip Sharp (politician)

Philip Sharp
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana
In office
January 3, 1975  January 3, 1995
Preceded byDavid W. Dennis
Succeeded byDavid M. McIntosh
Constituency10th district (1975–1983)
2nd district (1983–1995)
Personal details
Born
Philip Riley Sharp

(1942-07-15) July 15, 1942
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Philip Riley Sharp (born July 15, 1942) is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic representative from Indiana from 1975 to 1995.

In 1988 and 1990, Sharp defeated future U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.