Richard H. Ichord

A Representative from Missouri. Born in Licking, Texas County, Mo. , June 27, 1926. B. S. , University of Missouri, 1949. J. D. , University of Missouri, 1952. United States Navy, 1944-1946. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Missouri state house of representatives, 1952-1960, speaker pro tempore, 1957, speaker, 1959. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1981). Chair, Committee on Un-American Activities (Ninety-first Congress). Chair, Committee on Internal Security, formerly Committee on Un-American Activities (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980. Professional advocate. Died on December 25, 1992, in Nevada, Mo. Interment in Pinelawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.