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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaRalph Eugene UPDIKE
(1894-1953)
UPDIKE, Ralph Eugene, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Brookville, Franklin County,
Ind., May 27, 1894; attended the public schools of Whitcomb and
Brookville, Dodds Army and Navy Academy, Washington, D.C., Columbia
University, New York City, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.;
during the First World War served overseas as a sergeant with the
Seventy-fourth Company, Sixth Regiment, Second Division, United
States Marines, 1916-1919; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1920; was graduated from the law department of Indiana University
in 1923 and commenced practice in Indianapolis, Ind.; member of the
State house of representatives 1923-1925; special judge of the city
of Indianapolis in 1923 and 1924; special judge of the superior
court of Marion County in 1925 and 1926; elected as a Republican to
the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3,
1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the
Seventy-first Congress; special attorney in the Bureau of Internal
Revenue 1929-1933; resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis,
Ind., and Washington, D.C., until March 2, 1942, when he was
commissioned a captain in the United States Marine Corps Reserve;
served overseas in the South Pacific with the First Marine
Division, Fleet Marine Force, and was inactivated June 15, 1945;
resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis, Ind., and Washington,
D.C., until his retirement; died in Arlington, Va., September 16,
1953; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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