Ralph Edwin Church (May 5, 1883 – March 21, 1950) was an American lawyer and Republican politician.

He lived with his wife Marguerite S. Church and their family in Evanston, Illinois.

Church served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1917 to 1932 as a Republican.

Church then served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and from 1943 until his death in 1950.

[1][2][3] Church died suddenly while giving testimony before a Congressional House committee about expenditures.