Philip Ruppe

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

Career

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

Politically Ruppe was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1966 he was in the eleventh electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Raymond F. Clevenger on January 3, 1967. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1979 six legislative periods. During this time, ended the Vietnam War. In 1974 the work of the Congress of the Watergate scandal was overshadowed. While Ruppes time as congressman were the 25th and the 26th Amendment, discussed and adopted.

In 1978, Ruppe opted not to run again for Congress. In 1982, he competed unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate when he was defeated by Democratic incumbent Donald W. Riegle; in 1992 failed re Congress candidacy. Until 1986 was Philip Ruppe President of Woodlak Company. He now lives at an old age in Houghton. He was married to the deceased Loret Miller Ruppe 1996 and is the father of five children. His wife was the director of the Peace Corps and U.S. Ambassador to Norway.