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1976 - Quayle was elected to the U.S. Congress from Indiana's Fourth Congressional District, defeating an eight-term incumbent Democrat.
1978 - Won reelection by the greatest percentage margin ever achieved to that date in the northeast Indiana district.
1980 - At age 33, Quayle became the youngest person ever elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Indiana, defeating three-term incumbent Democrat Birch Bayh.
1986 - Making Indiana political history again, Quayle was reelected to the Senate with the largest margin ever achieved to that date by a candidate in a statewide Indiana race.
1988 - Chosen as the Vice Presidential nominee.
1989 - George Bush elected president, and Dan Quayle elected vice president.
1992 - George Bush and Dan Quayle lose the presidential race, and are therefore out of a job.
1994 - Considered, but did not run, for the governorship of Indiana.
1996 - pulled out of his bid for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, citing health problems related to phlebitis.
1999 - Announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for 2000, attacking George W. Bush by saying "we do not want another candidate who needs on-the-job training". In the first contest among the Republican candidates, the Ames Straw Poll of August 1999, he finished eighth. (Despite what was said, after he pulled out of the race and decided to support GWB.)
