Ralph E. Updike

Ralph E. Updike

Ralph Eugene Updike (born May 27, 1894 in Brookville , Franklin County , Indiana , †  September 16, 1953 in Arlington , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1929 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ralph Updike attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the Dodds Army and Navy Academy in Washington, DC , Columbia University in New York City, and Purdue University in Lafayette . During the First World War he served as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps in Europe. After a subsequent law degree at Indiana University and his admission as a lawyer in 1920, he began to work in Indianapolis in this profession. He was a municipal judge in Indianapolis in 1923 and 1924. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

Updike was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1923 to 1925 . In the 1924 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded Merrill Moores on March 4, 1925 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1929 . In 1928 he was not re-elected. Between 1929 and 1933, Updike was an attorney for the tax authorities . He then practiced as a private lawyer in Indianapolis and Washington until 1942. During the Second World War he was Captain of the Reserve of the Marine Corps between 1942 and 1945. He was used in the South Pacific. After the war he worked as a lawyer again. Ralph Updike died on September 16, 1953 in Arlington and was buried in the national cemetery there.

Web links

• Ralph E. Updike in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ralph E. Updike in the database of Find a Grave (English)