Eldon Rudd
| Eldon Rudd | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | John Bertrand Conlan |
| Succeeded by | Jon Kyl |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 15, 1920 Camp Verde, Arizona |
| Died | February 8, 2002 (aged 81) Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Resting place | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Arizona State College University of Arizona Law School |
| Profession | lawyer, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
Eldon Dean Rudd (July 15, 1920 – February 8, 2002) was a U.S. Republican politician.
Rudd was born in Camp Verde, Arizona. A 1939 graduate of Clarkdale High School in Clarkdale, Arizona, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served as a fighter pilot during World War II. After his discharge in 1946, he attended Arizona State College, from which he graduated in 1947, and the University of Arizona Law School in Tucson.
After a brief period in private practice, Rudd became a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1950. As the only FBI field agent in Washington, D.C. fluent in Spanish in 1954, Rudd participated in the interrogation of the Puerto Rican nationalists involved in the attack on the U.S. House of Representatives that year. His report impressed FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who offered Rudd his next choice of assignment, which he received as U.S. legal attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, where he served from 1960 to 1970.
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