Huey Joel DECKARD, Congress, IN (1942)

DECKARD Huey Joel , a Representative from Indiana; born in Vandalia, Fayette County, Ill., March 7, 1942; attended public schools in Mount Vernon, Ind.; University of Evansville, 1962-1967; Indiana National Guard, 1966-1972; affiliated with broadcasting stations in southern Illinois and Indiana, 1959-1972; cable TV executive and legislative liaison for the Illinois-Indiana TV Association, 1974-1977; formed corporation involved in design and construction of energy-efficient and solar-heated homes and offices; member of Indiana house of representatives, 1966-1974; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; died on September 6, 2016, in Little Elm, Tex.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present