He served in the United States Army, European Theater, Field Artillery from 1943 to 1946. He served in the Korean War from 1951 to 1952.
Early careeredit
He was owner-operator of a laundry and dry cleaning business from 1954 to 1967. He was employed in the agriculture service department of Montana Flour Mills from 1953 to 1954.
Political careeredit
Shoup was elected alderman on the Missoula City Council from 1963 to 1967, serving as president from 1965 to 1967. He served as mayor of Missoula, Montana from 1967 to 1970. He served as member of the Governor's (Montana) Crime Commission from 1969 to 1970, and on the Montana League of Cities and Towns from 1967 to 1970.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress.
His chief concerns as a U.S. Representative were the Conquest of Cancer Act, soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam War, energy development, and proper labeling of beef products.[2]
richard, shoup, other, people, named, richard, shoup, richard, shoup, disambiguation, richard, gardner, dick, shoup, november, 1923, november, 1995, representative, from, montana, great, grandson, george, laird, shoup, dick, shoupmember, house, representatives. For other people named Richard Shoup see Richard Shoup disambiguation Richard Gardner Dick Shoup November 29 1923 November 25 1995 was a U S Representative from Montana great grandson of George Laird Shoup Dick ShoupMember of the U S House of Representatives from Montana s 1st districtIn office January 3 1971 January 3 1975Preceded byArnold OlsenSucceeded byMax BaucusPersonal detailsBorn 1923 11 29 November 29 1923Salmon Idaho U S DiedNovember 25 1995 1995 11 25 aged 71 Missoula Montana U S 1 Political partyRepublicanAlma materUniversity of Montana Contents 1 Education 2 Military 3 Early career 4 Political career 5 Other activities 6 ReferencesEducation editBorn in Salmon Idaho Shoup attended the Salmon public schools He received his B S from the University of Montana in Missoula Montana in 1950 Military editHe served in the United States Army European Theater Field Artillery from 1943 to 1946 He served in the Korean War from 1951 to 1952 Early career editHe was owner operator of a laundry and dry cleaning business from 1954 to 1967 He was employed in the agriculture service department of Montana Flour Mills from 1953 to 1954 Political career editShoup was elected alderman on the Missoula City Council from 1963 to 1967 serving as president from 1965 to 1967 He served as mayor of Missoula Montana from 1967 to 1970 He served as member of the Governor s Montana Crime Commission from 1969 to 1970 and on the Montana League of Cities and Towns from 1967 to 1970 Shoup was elected as a Republican to the Ninety second and Ninety third Congresses January 3 1971 January 3 1975 He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety fourth Congress His chief concerns as a U S Representative were the Conquest of Cancer Act soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam War energy development and proper labeling of beef products 2 Other activities editHe served as director of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1975 to 1984 He died November 25 1995 References edit Richard Shoup Papers 1968 1974 Guide to the Richard G Shoup Papers at the University of Montana United States Congress Richard G Shoup id S000383 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress U S House of Representatives Preceded byArnold Olsen Member of the U S House of Representativesfrom Montana s 1st congressional district1971 1975 Succeeded byMax Baucus nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress nbsp This article about a mayor in Montana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard G Shoup amp oldid 1196062611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
