Thomas S. Kleppe

Thomas S. Kleppe


41st United States Secretary of the Interior
In office October 17, 1975 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Stanley K. Hathaway
Succeeded by	Cecil D. Andrus
10th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
In office 1971–1975
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Hilary J. Sandoval, Jr.
Succeeded by	Mitchell P. Kobelinski
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
Preceded by	Rolland W. Redlin
Succeeded by	Arthur A. Link
Personal details
Born	(1919-07-01)July 1, 1919 Kintyre, North Dakota, United States
Died	March 2, 2007(2007-03-02) (aged 87) Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Glendora "Glen" Kleppe (died 2010)
Children	Janis Eileen Kleppe Cunningham Thomas Stewart Kleppe Jane Paula Kleppe Sutermeister Jill Marie Kleppe McClelland
Parents	Lars O. Kleppe (homesteaders) Hannah Savig Kleppe
Alma mater	Valley City High School Valley City State University Valley City Teachers College
Profession	Politician
Religion	Lutheran
Military service
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1946
Battles/wars	World War II

Thomas Savig Kleppe (July 1, 1919 – March 2, 2007) was an American politician who served as the Representative from North Dakota. He was also the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.^[1] ^[2]

Early life and military service

Kleppe was born on July 1, 1919, in Kintyre, North Dakota, the son of Lars O. Kleppe and his wife Hannah Savig Kleppe. He graduated from Valley City High School in Valley City, North Dakota in 1936. Kleppe graduated from Valley City State University, (then Valley City Teachers College). During World War II, Kleppe served from 1942 to 1946 as a Warrant Officer. ^[3]

Career

From 1950 to 1954, Kleppe was the Mayor of Bismarck, North Dakota. From 1946 to 1964, he was the president and treasurer of the Gold Seal Company. In 1964, Kleppe was the Republican nominee for United States Senate but lost to the popular incumbent Democrat Quentin N. Burdick. In 1966 he was elected to the Ninetieth United States Congress, and he was reelected in 1968 to the Ninety-first United States Congress (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971). In 1970 he was again an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Senate, losing a rematch to Burdick by a wide margin. ^[4]

He served as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and later served as the Secretary of the Interior for President Gerald Ford. In his capacity as the Secretary of the Interior, Kleppe was the appellant in Kleppe v. New Mexico (1976), when the Supreme Court ruled that Congress has the "power to protect wildlife on the public lands, state law notwithstanding."

Personal life

His first wife, Frieda K. Kleppe, died in 1957. Kleppe married his second wife, Glendora Loew Gompf, on December 18, 1958. He had two children from his first marriage and two daughters from his second marriage. He resided in Bismarck, North Dakota. Kleppe died of Alzheimer's disease, in Bethesda, Maryland, on March 2, 2007. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. ^[5]

References

↑ Thomas Savig Kleppe (Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame)
↑ "Thomas Kleppe" (PDF). Homestead National Monument of America. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
↑ John Robert Greene (January 6, 2016). "Thomas S. Kleppe (1975–1977) - Secretary of the Interior". Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
↑ "Gold Seal Company". bismarckcafe. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
↑ Virginia Grantier (March 5, 2007). "Former Rep. Tom Kleppe dies". Bismarck (ND) Tribune. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

Other Sources

United States Congress. "Thomas S. Kleppe (id: K000264)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External Links

The Thomas S. Kleppe Papers (Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota)

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Rolland W. Redlin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota's 2nd congressional district 1967–1971	Succeeded by Arthur A. Link
Political offices
Preceded by Stanley K. Hathaway	U.S. Secretary of the Interior Served under: Gerald R. Ford 1975–1977	Succeeded by Cecil D. Andrus

United States Secretaries of the Interior

Ewing McKennan Stuart McClelland Thompson C Smith Usher Harlan Browning Cox Delano Chandler Schurz Kirkwood Teller Lamar Vilas Noble M Smith Francis Bliss Hitchcock Garfield Ballinger Fisher Lane Payne Fall Work West Wilbur Ickes Krug Chapman McKay Seaton Udall Hickel Morton Hathaway Kleppe Andrus Watt Clark Hodel Lujan Babbitt Norton Kempthorne Salazar Jewell

Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota

One seat at-large (1889–1903)

Two seats at-large (1903–1913)

Seat A	Marshall Hanna

Seat B	Spalding Gronna Helgesen

Three districts (1913–1933)

1st district	Helgesen Baer Burtness

2nd district	Young Hall

3rd district	Norton Sinclair

Two seats at-large (1933–1963)

Seat A	Sinclair U. Burdick Robertson U. Burdick Q. Burdick Nygaard

Seat B	Lemke Robertson Lemke Aandahl Krueger Short

Two districts (1963–1973)

1st district	Nygaard Andrews

2nd district	Short Redlin Kleppe Link

One seat at-large (1973–present)

Cabinet of President Gerald Ford (1974–77)

Cabinet

Secretary of State	Henry A. Kissinger (1974–77)

Secretary of the Treasury	William E. Simon (1974–77)

Secretary of Defense	James R. Schlesinger (1974–75) Donald H. Rumsfeld (1975–77)

Attorney General	William B. Saxbe (1974–75) Edward H. Levi (1975–77)

Secretary of the Interior	Rogers C. B. Morton (1974–75) Stanley K. Hathaway (1975) Thomas S. Kleppe (1975–77)

Secretary of Agriculture	Earl L. Butz (1974–76) John A. Knebel (1976–77)

Secretary of Commerce	Frederick B. Dent (1974–75) Rogers C. B. Morton (1975–76) Elliot L. Richardson (1976–77)

Secretary of Labor	Peter J. Brennan (1974–75) John T. Dunlop (1975–76) W. J. Usery, Jr. (1976–77)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare	Caspar W. Weinberger (1974–75) F. David Mathews (1975–77)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	James T. Lynn (1974–1975) Carla A. Hills (1975–1977)

Secretary of Transportation	Claude S. Brinegar (1974–75) William T. Coleman, Jr. (1975–77)

Cabinet-level

Vice President	None (1974) Nelson A. Rockefeller (1974–77)

White House Chief of Staff	Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (1974) Donald H. Rumsfeld (1974–75) Richard B. Cheney (1975–77)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Roy L. Ash (1974–75) James T. Lynn (1975–76)

Director of Central Intelligence	William E. Colby (1974–76) George H. W. Bush (1976–77)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Russell E. Train (1974–77)

Special Representative for Trade Negotiations	William D. Eberle (1974–75) Frederick B. Dent (1975–77)

Ambassador to the United Nations	John A. Scali (1974–75) Daniel P. Moynihan (1975–76) William W. Scranton (1976–77)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 60579194 LCCN: n86824911 US Congress: K000264

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