Dick Shoup

A Representative from Montana. Born in Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho, November 29, 1923. Attended the Salmon public schools. B. S. , University of Montana, Missoula, Mont. , 1950. Served in the United States Army, European Theater, Field Artillery, 1943-1946. Served in the Korean conflict, 1951-1952. Elected alderman, Missoula City Council, 1963-1967, serving as president, 1965-1967. Mayor, Missoula, Mont. , 1967-1970. Owner-operator, laundry and dry cleaning business, 1954-1967. Employed in agriculture service department, Montana Flour Mills, 1953-1954. Member, Governor's (Montana) Crime Commission, 1969-1970, and Montana League of Cities and Towns, 1967-1970. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Director, Union Pacific Railroad, Washington, D. C. , 1975-1984. Died on November 25, 1995, in Missoula, Mont. Remains cremated. Ashes interred at Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.