Richard L. Roudebush

Richard Roudebush
Wernher von Braun and Roudebush (L) discuss Apollo models
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
In office October 12, 1974 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Donald Johnson
Succeeded by	Max Cleland
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th district
In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Preceded by	Edward Roush
Succeeded by	Bud Hillis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 11th district
In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by	Ralph Harvey
Succeeded by	David Dennis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th district
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	Fred Wampler
Succeeded by	William Bray
Personal details
Born	Richard Lowell Roudebush (1918-01-18)January 18, 1918 Noblesville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Butler University

Richard Lowell Roudebush (January 18, 1918 – January 28, 1995) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born on a farm in Hamilton County, near Noblesville, Indiana, Roudebush attended Hamilton County schools. He graduated from Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1941. He served in the United States Army from November 18, 1941, to August 12, 1944, as a demolition specialist for the Ordnance Department in Middle Eastern, North African, and Italian Campaigns. He was a farmer and a partner in livestock commission company. He served as National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1957-1958. He served as chairman of the Indiana Veterans Commission from 1954 to 1960.

Representative Roudebush and other members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visit the Marshall Space Flight Center on March 9, 1962 to gather first-hand information of the nation's space exploration program.

Roudebush was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971). He was not a candidate in 1970 for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate against incumbent Democrat Vance Hartke in a the closest Senate election in Indiana history. He later served as the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration from 1974 to 1977. He died January 28, 1995.

The Richard L. Roudebush V.A. Medical Center, a part of the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, has been named in his honor.

References

• Richard L. Roudebush at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Richard L. Roudebush at Find a Grave

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Fred Wampler	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th congressional district 1961–1967	Succeeded by William Bray
Preceded by Ralph Harvey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 11th congressional district 1967–1969	Succeeded by David Dennis
Preceded by Edward Roush	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th congressional district 1969–1971	Succeeded by Bud Hillis
Party political offices
Preceded by Russell Bontranger	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Indiana (Class 1) 1970	Succeeded by Dick Lugar
Political offices
Preceded by Donald Johnson	Administrator of Veterans Affairs 1974–1977	Succeeded by Max Cleland

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.