J. Edward Roush

Who was J. Edward Roush?

John Edward Roush was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Roush graduated from Huntington High School, Huntington, Indiana, 1938. A.B., Huntington College, Huntington, Indiana, 1942. LL.B., Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 1949. He was in the United States Army 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, Indiana from 1954 to 1958, and to the Board of Trustees of Huntington College, Huntington, Indiana from 1958 to 1960, and from 1981 to 1987.

Roush was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses.

Redistricting by the Indiana legislature placed Roush in the 4th Congressional District represented by E. Ross Adair, a Republican. Adair defeated Roush for reelection to the Ninety-first Congress in 1968.

Roush was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the two succeeding Congresses. Roush defeated State Senator Allan Bloom in 1972 and State Senator Walter P. Helmke in 1974.