The Hallowed Howls of Congress

[6], 175, [3] pages. Inscription on fep. Illustrations. Minor edge soiling. The author was a former U.S. Member of the House of Representatives from the Eighth District of Indiana. Roger Herschel Zion (born September 17, 1921) is an American politician. Zion was born in Escanaba, Michigan in 1921. He attended public schools in Evansville, Indiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1943. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, serving in the Asia-Pacific area during World War II, and was discharged a lieutenant. Zion attended Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration from 1944 to 1945. He became associated with Mead Johnson & Company, working for the company from 1946 and 1965 and eventually becoming director of training and professional relations. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Indiana in the 1966 election to the 90th Congress and was re-elected to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1975. Zion was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the 94th Congress, losing to Philip H. Hayes. After leaving Congress, Zion became the president of Resources Development Inc. in Washington, D.C. Former United States Congressman Roger Zion, of Evansville, Indiana, has written a warm, witty, and, at times, wacky memoir filled with anecdotes, one-liners, and legendary tales about various Presidents, House members of both parties and both sexes, Senators, statesmen, golfers, and the folks back home in Indiana.