Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh, an attorney and wife of former Gov. Evan Bayh, died Friday at age 61 after years of surgeries and treatments for brain cancer.
Susan was Indiana’s first lady for eight years after her husband, a Democrat, won election to the first of two terms as governor in 1988.
Evan Bayh served as both Indiana’s governor and a U.S. senator during his political career. The Bayhs have twin sons, Beau and Nick, who were born in 1995 while their father was governor.
Susan was the 46th First Lady of Indiana and the youngest in 150 years, assuming the role when only 29 years old. She worked tirelessly to support her husband’s initiatives and established a 401(c)3 charitable organization to combat adult illiteracy in the Hoosier state. She made countless speeches and gave numerous interviews. Governor Bayh would often say that “Hoosiers voted for Susan’s husband.
