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  Kleppe, Thomas S.
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameThomas S. Kleppe
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Bismarck, North Dakota , United States
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Born July 01, 1919
DiedMarch 02, 2007 (87 years)
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Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Jul 01, 2023 12:52am
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Infoborn in Kintyre, Emmons County, N.Dak., July 1, 1919; graduated from Valley City High School; attended Valley City Teachers College; United States Army, warrant officer, 1942-1946; elected mayor of Bismarck in 1950 and 1954; served on subcommittee of Federal Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Local Government (ex-Hoover Commission); president and treasurer of Gold Seal Co.; vice president, J.M. Dain & Co., Minneapolis investment banking firm; Republican nominee for United States Senate in 1964; delegate, North Dakota Republican convention, 1966; former treasurer of the Republican Party of North Dakota; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the Ninety-first Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate in 1970 for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 1971-1975; Secretary of the Interior, 1975-1977; is a resident of Bethesda, Md.

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Mar 04, 2007 02:35pm Obituary Thomas Kleppe, 87; Interior Secretary During Mid-1970s  Article RMF 

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  10/09/1975 US Secretary of the Interior Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1970 ND US Senate Lost 37.80% (-23.47%)
  11/05/1968 ND District 2 Won 49.90% (+1.17%)
  09/03/1968 ND District 2 - R Primary Won 76.04% (+52.09%)
  11/08/1966 ND District 2 Won 51.95% (+3.89%)
  09/06/1966 ND District 2 - R Primary Won 61.09% (+22.18%)
  11/03/1964 ND US Senate Lost 42.36% (-15.29%)
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