In 1946 he was elected to Congress as a Republican.
He was reelected eight times and served from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1965, the 80th through 88th Congresses.
In 1952 Riehlman was one of the Republicans who visited Dwight D. Eisenhower, then commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to ask him to consider running for President.
As a senior member of the Committee on Science and Technology, he was an advocate of the U.S. space program.
Riehlman voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In 1946 he was elected to Congress as a Republican. He was reelected eight times and served from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1965, the 80th through 88th Congresses. In 1952 Riehlman was one of the Republicans who visited Dwight D. Eisenhower, then commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to ask him to consider running for President. As a senior member of the Committee on Science and Technology, he was an advocate of the U.S. space program. Riehlman voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
R. Walter Riehlman