Ralph R. Harding

Ralph R. Harding (1963)

Ralph R. Harding (born September 9, 1929 in Malad City , Oneida County , Idaho , † October 26, 2006 in Blackfoot , Idaho) was an American Democratic Party politician and a member of the US House of Representatives for the state of Idaho.

biography

After attending school, Harding first joined the US Army and rose to lieutenant during his participation in the Korean War between 1951 and 1953 . Upon his return, Harding, an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), studied agricultural science at Brigham Young University , the Mormon denominational university in Provo , Utah .

Harding began his political career from 1955 to 1956 as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives . In the 1960 congressional elections, he ran against Republican Congressman Hamer H. Budge, who had been in office for ten years, and won a majority of 4,000 votes with 51.1 percent. In 1962 he was re-elected as a member of the US House of Representatives . However, in the 1964 congressional election, he was one of the few Democratic congressmen who were not re-elected despite the nationwide election victory of US President Lyndon B. Johnson . He thus represented the 2nd constituency of Idaho in the House of Representatives from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1965 .

After his election defeat Harding became the assistant to the Special Air Force Secretaries ( Secretary of the Air Force ) Eugene M. Zuckert and later Harold Brown appointed. In the 1966 congressional election, he was nominated as a Democratic candidate for one of Idaho's two Senate seats . However, he was defeated in the election to the Republican incumbent Len Jordan . He then retired from politics for several years. In 1970 he was elected to the Democratic National Committee for Idaho . His efforts to run for a new candidacy in the 2nd electoral district in the 1978 congressional election failed in the democratic primaries.

Harding then worked in several branches of industry, including district vice president of the stockbroker EF Hutton & Co. between 1979 and 1981 and representative of the Philippine sugar industry from 1982 to 1988 . In addition, he tried to found an Asian version of the National Basketball Association .

Harding died in Blackfoot at the age of 77. His grave is in the cemetery of his native Malad City.

Web links

• Ralph R. Harding in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Mormon Faith & Black Folks Question # 51 ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Members of the 88th US Congress ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ "Remarks at the National Reactor Testing Station, Arco, Idaho. August 26, 1966"
4. ↑ Idaho Congressional Delegation ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Find A Grave