Arthur Ringwalt Rupley (November 13, 1868 – October 23, 1920) was a

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member of the

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from

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Biography

Arthur R. Rupley was born in

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. He attended the

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and the Cumberland Valley State Normal School in

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Shippensburg is a borough in Cumberland and Franklin counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Settled in 1730, Shippensburg lies in the Cumberland Valley, southwest of Harrisburg, and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan St ...

. He graduated from the

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, in 1890. He was admitted to the bar in 1891. He served as chairman of the Republican county committee from 1895 to 1898. He was district attorney of

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, from 1895 to 1899, and county and city solicitor from 1900 to 1906. He was a delegate to the Republican State convention in 1910 and to the

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in 1912. Rupley was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law and specialized in public-service work. He died in Carlisle from

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on October 23, 1920. Interment in Ashland Cemetery.

References

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