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Senate Years of Service: 1954-1976 Party: Republican
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HRUSKA, Roman Lee, a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born in David City, Butler County,
Nebr., August 16, 1904; attended the public schools, the University of Omaha, and the University of
Chicago Law School; graduated from Creighton University College of Law, Omaha, Nebr., in 1929;
admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebr.; member of Board of Douglas
County Commissioners 1944-1952, chairman 1945-1952; member of Advisory Committee to
Nebraska Board of Control 1947-1952; president Nebraska Association of County Officials
1950-1951; vice president of National Association of County Officials 1951-1952; vice chairman of
Nebraska Civil Defense 1951-1952; member of Board of Regents of the University of Omaha
1950-1957; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress and served from January 3, 1953,
until his resignation November 8, 1954, having been elected to the United States Senate, November 2,
1954, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hugh Butler; assumed office November 8, 1954;
reelected in 1958, 1964, and again in 1970 and served from November 8, 1954, until his resignation
December 27, 1976; was not a candidate for reelection in 1976; was a resident of Omaha, Nebr. until
his death on April 25, 1999, due to complications from a broken hip following a fall; interment at
Bohemian Cemetery.
BibliographyScribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; U.S. Congress. Senate. Tributes to the Honorable Roman L. Hruska.
94th Cong., 2d sess., 1976. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1976.
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