RUPPE, Philip Edward

RUPPE, Philip Edward
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
1926–

Concise Biography

RUPPE, Philip Edward, a Representative from Michigan; born in Laurium, Houghton County, Mich., September 29, 1926; graduated from high school in 1944; Navy V-12 program, Central Michigan University and University of Michigan, 1944-1946; graduated from Yale University in 1948; served in United States Navy during Korean conflict as lieutenant (jg); director, Houghton National Bank, Commercial National Bank of L'Anse and R.L. Polk and Co.; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1982; president of Woodlak Company to 1986; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of Houghton, Mich.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

Michigan Technological University
Archives and Copper Country Historical Collection

Houghton, MI
Papers: ca. 1966-1978, 160 cubic feet. The papers of Philip Edward Ruppe contain congressional papers and correspondence, including motion picture film and memorabilia. A finding aid is available in the repository and online.

University of Oklahoma
The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive, Department of Communication

Norman, OK
Videocassettes: 1982, 17 commercials on 3 videocassettes. The commercials were used during Philip Ruppe's 1982 U. S. Senate campaign in Michigan, Republican Party.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: Philip E. Ruppe, Republican Representative from Michigan. Washington, D. C.: Grossman Publishers, 1972.

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