What is H. Joel Deckard?
[[File:H Joel Deckard.png|thumb|200px|Deckard in {{circa|1979}}]] '''Huey Joel Deckard''' (March 7, 1942 – September 6, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. For most of his political career, he was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. He notably served as a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] for {{Ushr|IN|8}} from 1979 to 1983. He was also a member of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] from 1966 to 1974. He was the [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]]'s nominee for [[U.S. Senator]] in 2000 Deckard was born in [[Vandalia, Illinois]]. He died due to an apparent [[heart attack]] in [[McKinney, Texas]]. He was 74.<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=Hoosier Times|url=https://www.hoosiertimes.com/herald_times_online/news/local/former-indiana-congressman-joel-deckard-dies-at/article_2c5a1498-d607-51cd-83a9-6869845284b6.html|title=Former Indiana congressman Joel Deckard dies at 74|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} {{CongBio|D000183}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deckard, Huey Joel}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Politicians from Illinois]] [[Category:Members of the Indiana General Assembly]] [[Category:United States representatives from Indiana]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}