Philip Ruppe

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Philip Edward Ruppe (born September 29, 1926) is a former politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Ruppe was born in Laurium, Michigan and graduated from high school in 1944. He attended the V-12 Navy College Training Program at Central Michigan University and University of Michigan, 1944-1946 and graduated from Yale University in 1948. He served in United States Navy during the Korean conflict as lieutenant. He then served as director of Houghton National Bank, Commercial National Bank of L’Anse and R.L. Polk and Co.

In 1966, Ruppe was the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district. He defeated incumbent Democrat Raymond F. Clevenger to be elected to the 90th Congress and was subsequently re-elected to the next five Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1979. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the 96th Congress.

After leaving Congress, Ruppe was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1982 against Donald W. Riegle, Jr.. He served as president of Woodlak Company to 1986 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1992 to the 103rd Congress.

[edit] Family

His wife, Loret Miller Ruppe, was a Presidential Elector for Michigan in 1980, Director of the Peace Corps from 1981-1989, and U.S. Ambassador to Norway from 1989-93. She died in 1996; they had five children.

[edit] Affiliations

Philip Ruppe is a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Rotary International and currently resides in Houghton, Michigan.

[edit] References

• Philip Ruppe at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Raymond F. Clevenger

United States Representative for the 11th Congressional District of Michigan 1967 – 1979

Succeeded by Robert W. Davis