Michael Jerome Aylesworth was born on March 24,1943 and is an American politician who is a current member of the Indiana House of Representatives.
18 Facts About Michael Aylesworth
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Michael Jerome Aylesworth was born in Hebron, Indiana to parents Mary Jane and John Cylde Aylesworth.
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Michael Aylesworth is a fifth generation resident of Porter County, after his great-great grandfather settled in Boone Township from Wayne County in the mid-1840s and purchased farmland which is still partially owned by the Aylesworth today.
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Michael Aylesworth grew up on his family farm with his seven brothers and sisters, attending Hebron Elementary School and graduating from Hebron High School in 1961.
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Michael Aylesworth later went on to receive his Master of Arts in liberal studies from Valparaiso University in 1989.
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Michael Aylesworth was then drafted into the United States Army in 1968, being trained in communications and specializing in morse code and teletype.
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Michael Aylesworth was stationed in Korea and attained the rank of a Sergeant before being relieved from active duty in 1969 and being honorably discharged in 1973.
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Michael Aylesworth subsequently purchased 165 acres of his family's farm in 1973 with the help of Farmers Home Administration beginner farmer loan guarantees.
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Michael Aylesworth entered politics in 1976, upon being elected to the Porter County board of commissioners.
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Michael Aylesworth served eight years in this position from January 1977 to December 1984, where he spent part of this time serving his first two of three nonconsecutive terms as the chairman of the Porter County Republican Party from 1982 to 1991.
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Michael Aylesworth later served one term on the Porter County Council from January 1988 to December 1992.
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Michael Aylesworth began his final term as Porter County Republican Party chairman in 1997, holding the position until 2002.
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Michael Aylesworth was appointed to the national policy team of the National Corn Growers Association in 1998, serving in this position until his term as president of the ICGA expired.
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Michael Aylesworth was appointed to serve as the northern director of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, serving in the position under the administrations of Indiana Governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence from June 1,2005 until his election to the statehouse in 2014.
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Michael Aylesworth served on the Porter County drainage board for twelve years, where he served as its chairman.
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Michael Aylesworth went on to face Democrat Jim Metro, a former member of the Cedar Lake, Indiana zoning board, in the general election.
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Michael Aylesworth was sworn into office on November 19,2014.
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Michael Aylesworth is a practicing Roman Catholic and attends services at St Mary's Catholic Church in Kouts, Indiana.