Ralph Harvey
Ralph Harvey was an American politician who served six terms as a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Indiana from 1947 to 1959, then again for three more terms from 1961 to 1966.
Biography
Born on a farm near Mount Summit, Indiana, Harvey attended the public schools.He graduated from Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1923. He was an agricultural instructor and a farmer. Additionally, he served as county councilman from 1932 to 1942 and as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1942 to 1947.
Congress
Harvey was elected as a Republican to the 80th [United States Congress|Eightieth] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Raymond S. Springer. Re-elected to the five succeeding Congresses, he was unsuccessful for re-election in 1958.He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the two succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his resignation on December 30, 1966. He had been unsuccessful for renomination earlier in 1966.
Harvey voted in favor of the Civil [Rights Act of 1957|Civil Rights Acts of 1957] and 1964, as well as the Twenty-fourth Amendment to [the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution], but did not vote on the Voting Rights Act of 1965.