J. Edward Roush
| John Edward Roush | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
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| Preceded by | E. Ross Adair |
| Succeeded by | Dan Quayle |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | John V. Beamer |
| Succeeded by | Richard L. Roudebush |
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September 12, 1920 Barnsdall, Oklahoma |
| Died | March 26, 2004 (aged 83) Huntington, Indiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Huntington University Indiana University Maurer School of Law |
John Edward Roush (September 12, 1920 – March 26, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Barnsdall, 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 the United States Army from 1942 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1952. 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 of Huntington County, Indiana from 1954 to 1958, and to the Board of Trustees of Huntington College, Huntington, Indiana from 1958 to 1960, and from 1981 to 1987.
Roush was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969).
Redistricting by the Indiana legislature eliminated Roush's district and drew his home in Huntington into the Fort Wayne-based 4th Congressional District of E. Ross Adair, a Republican. Adair defeated Roush for reelection to the Ninety-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 Senator Allan Bloom in 1972 and State Senator Walter P. Helmke in 1974.
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