I am responding to the letter published May 11 in IndyStar maintaining Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is lying about the ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the compromise ultimately helped end slavery, while historians generally agree it reinforced the power of slave states.

This letter serves as a rebuttal of one in which Lt. Gov. Beckwith was defended for his Three-Fifths Compromise remarks. The author claims the compromise was not to protect slavery, but to save ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith criticized state Senate Democrats for equating a GOP legislative proposal intended to root out diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education ...

Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith called out Indiana Senate Democrats over their understanding of the Three-Fifths Compromise.

"What we have now is Black and white, diverse religious organizations and others standing, saying, ‘This is not what we want Indiana to be,'” said Rev. David W. Greene Sr., president of the Concerned ...

UPDATE (4/30/2025): When asked on April 30, 2025, about Beckwith’s comments regarding the Three-Fifths Compromise, Gov. Mike Braun took a disapproving stance. “I definitely wouldn’t have ...

Indiana Democrats are calling on Gov. Mike Braun to formally denounce Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith's 'three-fifths- comments.

to so forthrightly assess the founders’ flaws and to name the moral and political wreckage that the Three-Fifths Compromise facilitated. Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, by contrast, recently ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is defending comments he made about the Three-Fifths Compromise. On Sunday, he posted to Facebook, criticizing opponents of a recent video.