William Doyle Ruckelshaus

Notable Facts

  • Served as the first U.S. Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1970-1973
  • Served as U.S. Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1983-1985

Offices

Indiana House
District 26
In office
Nov 9, 1966 to Nov 6, 1968

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Ran For Other Office
1 year, 11 months, 28 days
William Doyle Ruckelshaus spent 1 year, 11 months, 28 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1968–U.S. Senate (Class 3) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 5, 1968
51.65%
Birch E. Bayh, II (i)*, Democratic, 1,060,456 votes
48.15%
William Doyle Ruckelshaus, Republican, 988,571 votes
 0.14%
L. Earl Malcom, Prohibition, 2,844 votes
 0.06%
Ralph Levitt, Socialist Workers, 1,247 votes
Out of 2,053,118 votes casts, the margin of victory was 71,885 (3.50%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, William Doyle Ruckelshaus had a record of 0-1. That includes a record of 0-1 in 1 general election.