{{Short description|American politician (1901–1991)}} {{for|the Texas Supreme Court justice|R. H. Harvey}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ralph Harvey | image = Ralph Harvey.jpg | state = Indiana | district = 10th | term_start1 = January 3, 1961 | term_end1 = December 30, 1966 | preceded1 = Randall S. Harmon | succeeded1 = Richard L. Roudebush | term_start2 = November 4, 1947 | term_end2 = January 3, 1959 | preceded2 = Raymond S. Springer | succeeded2 = Randall S. Harmon | state_house3 = Indiana | district3 = ? | term_start3 = 1942 | term_end3 = 1947 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|8|9}} | birth_place = Mount Summit, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|11|7|1901|8|9}} | death_place = Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S | party = Republican | other_party = | education = Purdue University | profession = | spouse = }} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000310. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Ralph Harvey''' (August 9, 1901 – November 7, 1991) was an American politician who served six terms as a 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 Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of fellow Republican Raymond S. Springer. Re-elected to the five succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1959), he was unsuccessful for re-election in 1958, losing by about one-and-a-half points.
In 1960 Harvey defeated the Democrat who had best him and 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 was unsuccessful for renomination earlier in 1966 after being redistricted into a new district with another Republican, Richard L. Roudebush.
Harvey voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h128|title=H.R. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref> as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/h193|title=S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF POLL TAX AS A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref> but did not vote on the Voting Rights Act of 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87|title=TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT.}}</ref> Harvey served on the Agriculture Committee for seven terms. He was active on the House floor, but was not a sponsor of a single enacted public bill.<ref name="Kemple">{{cite book |last=Kemple |first=Arlon |date=2026 |title=Had Enough? The Congressional Class of 1946, the Continuity of Policy, and the Transience of Public Office |page=596 |url=https://arlonkemple.com}}</ref> His autobiography shows a passion for junkets, devoting one-third of its pages to seven of them.<ref>{{cite book |last=Harvey |first=Ralph |date=1975 |title=Autobiography of a Hoosier Congressman |publisher=privately printed }}</ref>
===Death=== He died on November 7, 1991, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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