Rudy Juedeman
| Rudolph Frederick "Rudy" Juedeman | |
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| Montana State Representative from Toole County | |
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In office 1953–1959 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 11, 1908 Creek County, Oklahoma, USA |
| Died | January 20, 2004 (aged 95) Odessa, Ector County, Texas |
| Resting place | Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, Texas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ithai M. Juedeman |
| Children | Lynne J. Baldwin |
| Occupation | Farmer; Businessman |
| Religion | Baptist |
Rudolph Frederick Juedeman, known as Rudy Juedeman (May 11, 1908 – January 20, 2004), was a farmer, businessman, and Republican politician in the U.S. states of Montana and Texas.
Juedeman was born in the community of Slick in Creek County in east central Oklahoma. From 1953 to 1959, while a wheat farmer in Toole County on the Canada–US border, he served three terms in the Montana House of Representatives, including a stint as the House Majority Leader. He was also the Montana state Republican Party chairman.
In 1958, he moved to Odessa in Ector County in West Texas to enter the oil and natural gas business with his brother-in-law, Morris Ford "Jake" Lawless (1903-1986). Within the next several years, Juedeman exerted a behind-the-scenes role in the development of the Permian Basin division of the Texas Republican Party and did not always receive proper recognition for his role as the original “Mr. Republican” of Ector County. In Juedeman’s obituary in the Odessa American, the paragraph on politics describes him as a
mainstay of the Texas Republican Party, one instrumental in building an effective party apparatus in Ector County during the early 1960s, an era when state and local politics [was] dominated by the Democratic Party. Relying on his experience ... in Montana politics, Juedeman mentored young Republican candidates running for office, advised the party faithful on the creation of an effective vote-getting organization, and campaigned tirelessly for Texas Republican issues and candidates for over three decades. Characterized by a positive attitude and an ever-present sense of humor, he zestfully entered the political fray. Victories were received with cheerful grace, and losses ... without bitterness or rancor.
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