Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr. (November 2, 1933 – September 4, 2016) was an American

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and politician from

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Biography

Rappleyea Jr. was born on November 2, 1933, in

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. He attended

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. He graduated

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from

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in 1957, and J.D. from

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in 1962. He was admitted to the bar in 1964, and practiced in Norwich. He also entered politics as a

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, and was City Attorney of Norwich from 1970 to 1973. He was a member of the

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(122nd D.) from 1973 to 1995, sitting in the 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th and

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s. He was Minority Leader from 1983 to June 1995, and resigned his seat in July 1995. He was Chairman of the

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from July 1995 to January 31, 2001. In January 2001, the administrative head-office of the Power Authority, in White Plains,

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, was named in his honor as the "Clarence D. Rappleyea Building". Rappleyea died on September 4, 2016, at the age of 82.

References

1933 births 2016 deaths People from Norwich, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Wagner College alumni University at Albany, SUNY alumni Cornell Law School alumni New York (state) lawyers 20th-century American lawyers {{NewYork-NYAssembly-stub