John Edward Roush was a
U.S. RepresentativeThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from
IndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
.
Born in
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, Roush graduated from Huntington High School,
Huntington, IndianaHuntington, known as the "Lime City", is a small city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington Township and Union Township...
, 1938.
A.B.,
Huntington CollegeHuntington University is an institution of higher education in Huntington, Indiana, United States, that is affiliated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.- History :...
,
Huntington, IndianaHuntington, known as the "Lime City", is a small city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington Township and Union Township...
, 1942.
LL.B.,
Indiana UniversityIndiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
School of Law,
Bloomington, IndianaBloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
, 1949.
He was in the
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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, IndianaHuntington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The county seat and lone city is Huntington. According to Census 2010, the population was 37,124.-Geography:...
from 1954 to 1958, and to the Board of Trustees of
Huntington CollegeHuntington University is an institution of higher education in Huntington, Indiana, United States, that is affiliated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.- History :...
,
Huntington, IndianaHuntington, known as the "Lime City", is a small city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington Township and Union Township...
from 1958 to 1960, and from 1981 to 1987.
Roush was elected as a
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to the
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and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969).
Redistricting by the Indiana legislature placed Roush in the 4th Congressional District represented by
E. Ross AdairEdwin Ross Adair was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Albion, Indiana, Adair attended grade and high schools in that city...
, a Republican. Adair defeated Roush for reelection to the
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Congress in 1968.
Roush was elected as a
DemocratThe Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the
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and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977). Roush defeated State Senator
Allan BloomAllan David Bloom was an American philosopher, classicist, and academic. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, Yale University, École Normale Supérieure of Paris, and the University...
in 1972 and State Senator Walter P. Helmke in 1974.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
Ninety-fifthThe Ninety-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1979, during the first two years...
Congress in 1976. Roush was defeated by
Dan QuayleJames Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....
, who subsequently was elected as U.S. Senator and Vice-President of the United States.
He served as director, regional and intergovernmental operations for the
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from 1977 to 1979, and as Interim president,
Huntington CollegeHuntington University is an institution of higher education in Huntington, Indiana, United States, that is affiliated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.- History :...
,
Huntington, IndianaHuntington, known as the "Lime City", is a small city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington Township and Union Township...
, in 1989.
He died on March 26, 2004, in
Huntington, IndianaHuntington, known as the "Lime City", is a small city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington Township and Union Township...
.
He was interred in Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery,
Huntington, IndianaHuntington, known as the "Lime City", is a small city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington Township and Union Township...
.
The Huntington Reservoir was renamed
J. Edward Roush LakeJ. Edward Roush Lake is a reservoir in Huntington, Indiana.The Huntington Reservoir was renamed J. Edward Roush Lake to honor the impact to the local area of J. Edward Roush, who served as a State Representative and State Senator in Indiana and a representative in the U.S. House of...
following congressional passage of a resolution authored by U.S. Representative Mark E. Souder.
Mr. Roush was instrumental in the establishment of the
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commonly used today.
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