Eldon Rudd

Eldon Dean Rudd ( born July 15, 1920 in Camp Verde, Arizona; † February 8, 2002 in Scottsdale, Arizona ) was an American politician. Between 1977 and 1987 he represented the fourth electoral district of the State of Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

Eldon Rudd visited the Clarkdale High School until 1939. Then he studied until 1947 at Arizona State University. It was followed by a law degree from the University of Arizona, where he graduated in 1949. His studies were interrupted by the Second World War, in which he participated as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps. After qualifying as a lawyer, he first worked in this profession before he worked between 1950 to 1970 for the time of J. Edgar Hoover -led FBI investigators. From 1960 to 1970 he was employed in that capacity at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. In connection with the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he explored the residence of Lee Harvey Oswald in Mexico and compiled the records, which he then gave to his superiors.

Political career

After the end of his time at the FBI, he moved to Arizona, where he was active politically. Rudd became a member of the Republican Party. Between 1972 and 1976 it belonged to the district council (Board of Supervisors ) in Maricopa County. In the congressional elections of 1976 he was elected to succeed John Bertrand Conlan in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he completed between January 1977 and January 3, 1987 five legislative sessions 3. In Congress he was a member of the Budget Committee. Rudd was considered very conservative. In 1986, he did not run for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Further CV

After the end of his time in the federal capital Washington, he worked from 1988 to 2002 for the " Salt River Project ", a worn both by the government and by private organization for energy and water supply in Arizona.