17 Facts About Roman Hruska

Roman Lee Hruska was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican US senator from the state of Nebraska.

Roman Hruska was co-founder of the Douglas Theatre Company, based in Nebraska.

Roman Hruska was born in David City, Nebraska, one of 11 children of Czech immigrant parents.

Roman Hruska attended the University of Omaha and the University of Chicago Law School and graduated from the Creighton University School of Law in 1929.

In 1944, Roman Hruska first entered politics when he accepted a seat on the Douglas County, Nebraska, Board of Commissioners in place of a friend who recently resigned.

Roman Hruska served as a regular member from 1944 to 1945 and as chair from 1945 to 1952.

Roman Hruska was president of the Nebraska Association of County Officials from 1950 to 1951 and vice president of the National Association of County Officials from 1951 to 1952.

Roman Hruska was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the Omaha-dominated second district of Nebraska in 1952.

Roman Hruska served only part of one term, as he ran for a United States Senate seat in 1954, which was vacated by the death of Hugh Butler.

Roman Hruska won, was reelected in 1958,1964 and 1970, and served in the Senate until his retirement in 1976.

Roman Hruska did not run for reelection to a fourth full term.

Roman Hruska became an influential member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Roman Hruska voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,1960,1964, and 1968, as well as the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the US Supreme Court.

Roman Hruska was ranking minority member of the Judiciary Committee at the time of his retirement.

In 1970, Hruska addressed the Senate, urging it to confirm Richard Nixon's nomination of G Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court.

Roman Hruska moved back to Omaha in 1976 and lived there until his death.

Roman Hruska died fifteen days later from complications during treatment.