1. Roger William Jepsen was an American politician from Iowa.
14 Facts About Roger Jepsen
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Roger Jepsen was born on December 23,1928, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Emil Roger Jepsen and the former Esther Sorensen.
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Roger Jepsen graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, in 1950 with a bachelor's degree and in 1953 with a master's degree.
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At ASU, Roger Jepsen was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
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Roger Jepsen was active in farming, insurance and health care businesses.
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Roger Jepsen served as a county supervisor of Scott County, Iowa from 1962 to 1965 and was a member of the Iowa Senator from 1966 to 1968.
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Roger Jepsen was the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1969 to 1973, having been elected with Governor Robert D Ray in 1968.
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Roger Jepsen served a single term from January 3,1979, to January 3,1985.
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Roger Jepsen served as co-chairman of the United States Congressional Joint Economic Committee in the 98th United States Congress.
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Fellow Republican colleagues praised Roger Jepsen for persuading then-US President Ronald Reagan to lift the agricultural ban against the Soviet Union.
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Roger Jepsen was defeated by Democratic US representative Tom Harkin in the 1984 Senate election as it emerged Roger Jepsen had been cited for DWI in Washington, DC and had visited a brothel in Iowa.
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Roger Jepsen married twice, first to Dorothy Ann Lambertson in 1948, they had four children.
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Roger Jepsen then married Dee Ann Delaney in 1958 and they had one son together.
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Roger Jepsen was interred at Davenport Memorial Park in Davenport, Iowa.