Ralph E. Updike
Ralph Eugene Updike | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929 | |
Preceded by | Merrill Moores |
Succeeded by | Louis Ludlow |
Personal details | |
Born | Brookville, Indiana, U.S. | May 27, 1894
Died | September 16, 1953 Arlington, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 59)
Alma mater | Columbia University Purdue University |
Ralph Eugene Updike (May 27, 1894 – September 16, 1953) was an American lawyer, jurist, World War I and World War II veteran, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1925 to 1929.
Biography
[edit]Born in Brookville, Indiana, Updike attended the public schools of Whitcomb and Brookville, Dodds Army and Navy Academy, Washington, D.C., Columbia University, New York City, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. During the First World War served overseas as a sergeant with the Seventy-fourth Company, Sixth Regiment, Second Division, United States Marine Corps from 1916 to 1919. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1920. He was graduated from the law department of Indiana University in 1923 and commenced practice in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Early political career
[edit]He served as member of the State house of representatives 1923-1925. He served as special judge of the city of Indianapolis in 1923 and 1924. He served as special judge of the superior court of Marion County in 1925 and 1926.
Congress
[edit]Updike was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress.
Later career
[edit]He served as special attorney in the Bureau of Internal Revenue 1929-1933. He resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Washington, D.C., until March 2, 1942, when he was commissioned a captain in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He served overseas in the South Pacific with the First Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, and was inactivated June 15, 1945.
He resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Washington, D.C., until his retirement.
Death
[edit]He died in Arlington, Virginia, September 16, 1953. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
Was a Grandragon in the KKK in Indiana.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "Ralph E. Updike (id: U000020)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
[edit]Media related to Ralph E. Updike at Wikimedia Commons
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1894 births
- 1953 deaths
- United States Marine Corps officers
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- Indiana University alumni
- Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
- Indiana state court judges
- People from Brookville, Indiana
- Columbia University alumni
- Purdue University alumni
- Politicians from Indianapolis
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century American legislators
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- 20th-century Indiana politicians