J. Edward Roush

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.