He graduated from the Stony Brook School in 1933 and Bard College, then a branch of Columbia University, in 1937.
He joined The New Yorker in 1944 and wrote its "Letter from Washington" column from December 1948 until his death.
From the Rhinebeck Gazette (Rhinebeck, New York), June 18, 1959: The Gazette received an advanced copy of Richard H. Rovere's book, "Senator Joe McCarthy," from Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.
The book is both an analytical biography and a memoir, as well as a commentary on the American political scene.
Mr Rovere, who was often an eyewitness observer of the events he describes, lives at 108 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck.His papers from 1931 to 1968 are housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.