Philip Ruppe
Philip Edward Ruppe (born September 29, 1926) was a 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 (jg). He then served as director of Houghton National Bank, Commercial National Bank of L’Anse and R.L. Polk and Co. He married to Loret Miller Ruppe
In 1966, Ruppe was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th congressional district to the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1979. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth 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 One Hundred Third Congress.
His wife, Loret Miller Ruppe, was a Presidential Elector for Michigan in 1980 and U.S. Ambassador to Norway from 1989-93. She passed away in 1996.
Philip Ruppe is a member of American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Rotary and currently resides in Houghton, Michigan.