Richard Schultz Schweiker

ME1161-11, Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1981-83. Michael Evans Portrait Project Photograph Collection; Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.

Richard Schultz SchweikerUnited States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1981-1983); United States Senator (R-Pennsylvania) (1969-1981)

SCHWEIKER, Richard Schultz, a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., June 1, 1926; graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Pennsylvania State University 1950; during the Second World War, enlisted in the United States Navy and served aboard an aircraft carrier 1944-1946; ten years of business experience as manufacturing and sales executive; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1968; reelected in 1974 and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1981; was not a candidate for reelection in 1980; Ronald Reagan's designated vice-presidential running mate in 1976 presidential election; Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President Ronald W. Reagan 1981-1983; president, American Council of Life Insurance 1983-1994; was a resident of McLean, Va., until his death on July 31, 2015; interment in Central Schwenkfelder Garden of Memories, Montgomery County, Pa..

10 US Congresses Served

87th – 96th(1961 – 1981)

House Years of Service

1961 – 1969

Senate Years of Service

1969 – 1981

State / Territory

Pennsylvania

2 Positions

Representative

Senator

Party

Republican