John Edward Roush | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana | |
| In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | |
| Preceded by | E. Ross Adair |
| Succeeded by | Dan Quayle |
| Constituency | 4th District |
| In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969 | |
| Preceded by | John V. Beamer |
| Succeeded by | E. Ross Adair (Redistricting) |
| Constituency | 5th District |
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| Born | (1920-09-12)September 12, 1920 |
| Died | March 26, 2004(2004-03-26) (aged 83) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Huntington University Indiana University Maurer School of Law |
John Edward Roush (September 12, 1920 – March 26, 2004) was an American lawyer andWorld War II veteran who served eight terms as aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1959 to 1969, and again from 1971 to 1977.
Born inBarnsdall, Oklahoma, Roush graduated from Huntington High School,Huntington, Indiana, 1938.A.B.,Huntington College,Huntington, Indiana, 1942.LL.B.,Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, Indiana, 1949.
He was in theUnited States Army from 1942 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1952. His later service was in the reserves, where he was promoted to major. He was a lawyer in private practice and served as member of the Indiana state legislature from 1949 to 1950.
Roush was elected prosecuting attorney ofHuntington County, Indiana from 1954 to 1958, and to the Board of Trustees ofHuntington College,Huntington, Indiana from 1958 to 1960, and from 1981 to 1987.
Roush was elected as aDemocrat to theEighty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969). In the 1960 election, Roush's opponent George Chambers was at first declared the winner by 12 votes and certified by the state of Indiana as such. Roush contested the election and neither man was seated, though both were paid a congressman's salary and staff while the contest was decided. There was no Indiana law to govern recounts and so the House committee carried it out on its own rules, and at the conclusion declared Roush the winner by 99 votes. He was sworn in following a vote to seat him on June 14, 1961.[1]
Redistricting by the Indiana legislature eliminated Roush's district and drew his home in Huntington into theFort Wayne-based 4th Congressional District ofE. Ross Adair, a Republican. Adair defeated Roush for reelection to theNinety-first Congress in 1968.
Roush sought a rematch against Adair in 1970 and narrowly defeated him, and he served three more terms in the House (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977). Roush defeated State SenatorAllan Bloom in 1972 and State SenatorWalter P. Helmke in 1974.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to theNinety-fifth Congress in 1976. Roush was defeated by future U.S. Senator and Vice PresidentDan Quayle.
He served as director, regional and intergovernmental operations for theUnited States Environmental Protection Agency from 1977 to 1979, and as Interim president,Huntington College,Huntington, Indiana, in 1989.
He died on March 26, 2004, inHuntington, Indiana.He was interred in Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery,Huntington, Indiana.
The Huntington Reservoir was renamedJ. Edward Roush Lake following congressional passage of a resolution authored by U.S. RepresentativeMark E. Souder.
Mr. Roush was instrumental in the establishment of the911 emergency telephone system commonly used today.[citation needed]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 4th congressional district 1971 – 1977 | Succeeded by |
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