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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaRalph HARVEY
(1901-1991)
HARVEY, Ralph, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Mount Summit,
Henry County, Ind., August 9, 1901; attended the public schools;
graduated from Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., 1923;
agricultural instructor; farmer; county councilman, 1932-1942;
member of the Indiana state house of representatives, 1942-1947;
elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Raymond
S. Springer; reelected to the to the five succeeding Congresses
(November 4, 1947-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection to the Eighty-sixth Congress in 1958; elected as a
Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the two succeeding
Congresses and served until his resignation on December 30, 1966
(January 3, 1961-December 30, 1966); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966; died on November 7,
1991, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Bibliography
Harvey, Ralph. Autobiography of a Hoosier Congressman.
Greenfield, Indiana: Mitchell-Fleming, 1975.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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