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Gordon L. Ropp (April 5, 1933 – April 14, 2020) was an American farmer and politician. Ropp was born in
Normal, Illinois Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town's population was 52,736. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statist ...
and graduated from
Normal Community High School Normal Community High School (NCHS or Normal Community) is a public high school located in Normal, Illinois that was founded in 1905. NCHS serves parts of Normal, Bloomington, and Towanda and is home to over 2,000 students (grades 9–12) wi ...
. He graduated from
University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Uni ...
in 1955. Ropp served in the
Illinois National Guard The Illinois National Guard comprises both Army National Guard and Air National Guard components of Illinois. As of 2013, the Illinois National Guard has approximately 13,200 members. The National Guard is the only United States military force em ...
and was commissioned a captain. Ropp was a farmer and raised dairy cows. Ropp served as Illinois Director of Agriculture. Ropp, a Republican, served in the
Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
from 1979 to 1993. Ropp lost the 1992 Republican primary to Bill Brady. Ropp died at his home in Normal, Illinois.'Illinois Blue Book 1991–1992,' Biographical Sketch of Gordon L. Ropp, pg. 111


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1933 births 2020 deaths People from Normal, Illinois Illinois National Guard personnel Farmers from Illinois University of Illinois alumni Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub