Roger H. Zion

Roger Herschel Zion ( born September 17, 1921 in Escanaba, Michigan ) is a retired American politician. Between 1967 and 1975 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Roger Zion attended the public schools in Evansville ( Indiana) and Milwaukee (Wisconsin ). Subsequently, he studied until 1943 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. During the Second World War, he served 1943-1946 in the Pacific in the U.S. Navy. After the war he worked for the company Mead Johnson & Co. Between 1946 and 1955 he was department director for education and business relationships.

Politically, Zion joined the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1966 he was in the eighth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Winfield K. Denton on January 3, 1967. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3rd, 1975 four legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and since 1973 the Watergate scandal. This affair hurt his party very much and was a reason for his deselection in 1974.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Roger Zion was President of Resources Development Inc. in Washington.