Biography

08/29/1902 - 01/15/1964

George Alvin Rupp (D16) Lehigh County 1935-1938

Early Life:

George Alvin Rupp, born August 29, 1902, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; son of John Alvin and Florence Rebecca Rupp; Muhlenberg College, business degree; Lehigh University, B.A.; Dickinson College, LL.D.; admitted, Lehigh County bar, 1929; attorney; county chairman, Lehigh County Democrat Committee, 1932-1935; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1935-1938; appointed, charter member, Interstate Commission Delaware River Basin, 1936; secretary, Lehigh County Bar Association; Navy, Pacific Theater, World War II; president, Lehigh County Bar Association, 1950; law partner, Butz, Hudders, Tallman, and Rupp, retired, 1959; Allentown Housing Authority, 1956-1964; unsuccessful campaign, Lehigh Treasurer, 1963; spouses, Jane Lucas Rupp, 1935, (d. 1962) spouse Josephine Allyn Ramage Rupp, 1963; died, January 15, 1964 (aged 62), Franklin Hospital, Sugarcreek Township, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania; interment, Grandview Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

County chairman, Lehigh County Democrat Committee, 1932-1935.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district, Lehigh County, 1935-1938; chairman, State Government Committee. 

Appointed, charter member, Interstate Commission Delaware River Basin, 1936.

Unsuccessful campaign Lehigh Treasurer, 1963.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 

The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) · Thursday, January 16, 1964 · Page4.

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