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David Martin McIntosh (born June 8, 1958) is a lawyer who served as a Republican representative from Indiana from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 2001. He was born in Oakland, California, but moved to his mother's hometown of Kendallville, Indiana at age five, after his father died of cancer. In 2000 McIntosh ran for governor of Indiana, but lost to incumbent Democrat Frank O'Bannon. His campaign was built around a 25% guaranteed property tax cut. Since 2001, McIntosh has been a partner in the Washington law firm of Mayer Brown. He planned another run for governor in 2004, but dropped out before the Indiana Republican primary after President Bush gave his support to Mitch Daniels, former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. McIntosh attended Yale University, where he was a member of the Yale Political Union and, despite his later political orientation, its Progressive Party. He graduated with a B.A. (cum laude) in 1980, and later received a J.D. from University of Chicago Law School in 1983. [ citation needed ] He was taught at the latter by Antonin Scalia, who later became a Supreme Court Justice. [ citation needed ] During the Reagan Administration, McIntosh served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General and as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. [ citation needed ] In George H. W. Bush's administration, he served as executive director of Vice President Dan Quayle's Council for Competitiveness. In that role, he emphasized limiting or rolling back environmental regulations that the Council saw as inimical to economic growth. McIntosh is also a co-founder of The Federalist Society. [ citation needed ]
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