E. Ross Adair

E. Ross Adair

Edwin Ross Adair (born December 14, 1907 in Albion , Noble County , Indiana , †  May 5, 1983 in Fort Wayne , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1971 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives . From 1971 to 1974 he was the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia .

Career

Ross Adair attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1928 Hillsdale College in Michigan . After a subsequent law degree at George Washington University in Washington, DC and his admission as a lawyer in 1933, he began to work in Fort Wayne in this profession. Between 1940 and 1950 he was an estate agent in Allen County . This period was interrupted by World War II, in which Adair was a lieutenant in a reserve unit between 1941 and 1945.

After the war, Adair began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In the 1950 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded Edward H. Kruse on January 3, 1951 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1971 . These were shaped by the events of the Cold War , the Korean War , the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement . During Adair's time as Congressman, the 22nd , 23rd , 24th, and 25th amendments were ratified.

In 1970 Adair was defeated by the Democrat J. Edward Roush . Between 1971 and 1974 he was the successor to William O. Hall US Ambassador to Ethiopia. He then practiced again as a lawyer in Fort Wayne, where he died on May 5, 1983.

Web links

• E. Ross Adair in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• E. Ross Adair in the database of Find a Grave (English)