Arthur Ringwalt Rupley

Arthur Ringwalt Rupley (November 13, 1868 – November 11, 1920) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Arthur R. Rupley was born in West Fairview, Pennsylvania. He attended the Harrisburg Academy and the Cumberland Valley State Normal School in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1890. He was admitted to the bar in 1891. He served as chairman of the Republican county committee from 1895 to 1898. He was district attorney of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, from 1895 to 1899, and county and city solicitor from 1900 to 1906. He was a delegate to the Republican State convention in 1910 and to the Republican National Convention in 1912.

Rupley was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law and specialized in public-service work, died in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Interment in Ashland Cemetery.

Sources

• Arthur R. Rupley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard