Thomas S. Kleppe

Thomas Kleppe
Official portrait of Kleppe as Interior Secretary, 1975
41st United States Secretary of the Interior
In office
October 17, 1975 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byStanley K. Hathaway
Succeeded byCecil Andrus
10th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
In office
January 18, 1971 – October 12, 1975
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Preceded byHilary J. Sandoval Jr.
Succeeded byMitchell 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 byRolland W. Redlin
Succeeded byArt Link
Mayor of Bismarck
In office
April 1950 – April 1954
Preceded byAmil Lenhart
Succeeded byEvan Lips
Personal details
Born(1919-07-01)July 1, 1919
Kintyre, North Dakota, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 2007(2007-03-02) (aged 87)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGlen Loew Gompf
Children4
EducationValley City State University (BA)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1942–1946
Battles/warsWorld 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]

  1. ^ Thomas Savig Kleppe (Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame) Archived 2010-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Thomas Kleppe" (PDF). Homestead National Monument of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

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