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Ralph Harvey

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 9, 1901 in Mount Summit, IN
Died: November 7, 1991 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Education:

  • Purdue University, 1923

Career:

  • Agricultural instructor, 1923-1928
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • County councilman, 1932-1942
  • IN House, 1942-1947


Election Results for Ralph Harvey


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1947 45 IN R U.S. House District 10 Special 1 54,718 53.7%
1948 46 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 28,398 81.5%
1948 46 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 76,036 52.5%
1950 48 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 41,234 87.4%
1950 48 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 81,392 58.7%
1952 50 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 103,937 59.9%
1954 52 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 76,132 55.9%
1956 54 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,512 81.1%
1956 54 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 98,301 56.3%
1958 56 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 37,553 84.4%
1958 56 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 2 74,500 49.3%
1960 58 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,168 66.0%
1960 58 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 104,885 57.1%
1962 60 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 40,700 89.4%
1962 60 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 81,007 52.9%
1964 62 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 37,406 86.6%
1964 62 IN R U.S. House District 10 General 1 89,303 50.4%
1966 64 IN R U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 23,619 44.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Ralph Harvey


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1947 45 House 5 0 D 7 0
1948 46 House 94 6 D 96 8
1949 47 House 74 12 D 85 0
1950 48 House 79 19 D 90 20
1951 49 House 79 16 D 93 8
1952 50 House 89 7 D 90 0
1953 51 House 87 13 R 79 94 18
1954 52 House 83 7 R 63 18 79 13
1955 53 House 74 26 R 78 22 99 40
1956 54 House 84 13 R 82 18 99 29
1957 55 House 76 8 R 43 37 82 13
1958 56 House 84 16 R 48 48 96 0
1961 59 House 83 4 74 12 D 29 62 88 0 73
1962 60 House 50 0 68 9 D 32 42 66 0 73
1963 61 House 67 7 77 9 D 35 55 86 0 87
1964 62 House 92 8 84 6 D 29 63 90 8 87
1965 63 House 53 2 50 4 D 27 46 64 0 100
1966 64 House 49 0 45 3 D 21 33 49 0 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.