Philip Ruppe

Philip Ruppe, 1975

Philip Edward Ruppe (born September 29, 1926 in Laurium , Houghton County , Michigan ) is a former American politician . Between 1967 and 1979 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philip Ruppe graduated from high school in 1944 and then studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor until 1946 and at Yale University until 1948 . During the Korean War , he served in the US Navy . Then he started to work in the banking industry. He became a director of the Houghton National Bank and the Commercial National Bank of L'Anse and RL Polk and Co.

Politically, Ruppe became a member of the Republican Party . In the 1966 congressional elections he was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Raymond F. Clevenger on January 3, 1967 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1979 . During this time the Vietnam War ended . In 1974, the work of Congress was also overshadowed by the Watergate affair . During Ruppe's time as a member of Congress, the 25th and 26th amendments were discussed and passed.

In 1978 Ruppe decided not to run for Congress again. In 1982 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate when he was defeated by the Democratic incumbent Donald W. Riegle ; in 1992 another congressional candidacy failed. Until 1986 Philip Ruppe was President of the Woodlak Company . Today he lives very old in Houghton . He was married to Loret Miller Ruppe , who died in 1996, and has five children. His wife was the director of the Peace Corps and US ambassador to Norway .

Web links

• Philip Ruppe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)