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 January 28, 1995(1995-01-28) (aged 77)
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, 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 a livestock commission company. He served as National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1957-1958, and 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 the closest Senate election in Indiana history. He later served as the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration from 1974 to 1977.

He died on January 28, 1995.

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

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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

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