Ralph Harvey

Ralph Harvey (* August 9, 1901 at Mount Summit, Henry County, Indiana; † November 7, 1991 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ) was an American politician. Between 1947 and 1966 he represented two times the state of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ralph Harvey attended the common schools and then studied until 1923 at Purdue University in Lafayette. Later he worked as a farmer and as an agricultural consultant. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. Between 1932 and 1942 Harvey was a member of the County Council; 1942 to 1947 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Indiana. After the death of Mr Raymond S. Springer, he was at the due election for the tenth seat of Indiana as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on November 4, 1947. After five elections Harvey could remain until January 3, 1959 in Congress. In this time were, among others, the Korean War and the civil rights movement. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

1958 defeated Democrat Harvey Randall S. Harmon. In the elections of 1960 he was again elected in the tenth district of his state in Congress, where he replaced Harmon again on January 3, 1961. After two re- election he was able to complete almost three complete legislative sessions in the House of Representatives until his resignation on December 30, 1966. In this time of the beginning of the Vietnam War and the ratification of the 23rd and the 24th constitutional amendment fell. Harvey's resignation on December 30, 1966, four days before the regular end of its term. For the elections in November 1966, he had not been nominated by his party.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, Ralph Harvey retired from politics. He died on 7 November 1991 in Fort Lauderdale at the age of 90 years.