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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Edward ROUSH
(1920-2004)
ROUSH, John Edward, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Barnsdall, Osage County,
Okla., September 12, 1920; graduated from Huntington High School,
Huntington, Ind., 1938; A.B., Huntington College, Huntington, Ind.,
1942; LL.B., Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Ind.,
1949; United States Army, 1942-1946, 1950-1952; lawyer, private
practice; member of the Indiana state legislature, 1949-1950;
elected prosecuting attorney of Huntington County, Huntington,
Ind., 1954-1958; board of trustees of Huntington College,
Huntington, Ind., 1958-1960, 1981-1987; elected as a Democrat to
the Eighty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1959-January 3, 1969); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Ninety-first Congress in 1968; elected as a Democrat to the
Ninety-second and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1971-January 3, 1977); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; director, regional and
intergovernmental operations for the Environmental Protection
Agency, 1977-1979; interim president, Huntington College,
Huntington, Ind., 1989; died on March 26, 2004, in Huntington,
Ind.; interment in Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery, Huntington,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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