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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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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.
BibliographyHarvey, Ralph.
Autobiography of a Hoosier Congressman. Greenfield, Indiana:
Mitchell-Fleming, 1975.
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