OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Thomas Savig Kleppe
BORN:
July 1, 1919;
Kintyre, North Dakota
DIED:
March 2, 2007 (age 87);
Bethesda, Maryland
EDUCATION:
Attended Valley City Teachers College (1937)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1942-1946:
U.S. Army
1946-1964:
President/ Treasurer, Gold Seal Company
1950-1954:
Mayor of Bismarck, ND
1964:
Republican Nominee for U.S. Senate
1966:
Delegate, North Dakota Republican Convention
1964-1966:
Vice President, J.M. Daine & Company (investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, MN)
1967-1971:
U.S. House of Representatives
1971-1975:
Small Business Administration Administrator
1975-1977:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
1977:
Faculty, University of Wyoming
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
White House
Miller Center
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
MEDIA COVERAGE:
SBA NOMINATION (1/19/1971):
New York Times
INTERIOR NOMINATION (9/10/1975):
New York Times
New York Times
CONFIRMATION HEARING (9/23/1975):
New York Times
OBITUARIES (3/4/2007):
Washington Post
New York Times
Bismarck Tribune