Arthur Ringwalt RUPLEY, Congress, PA (1868-1920)

RUPLEY, Arthur Ringwalt, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in West Fairview, Cumberland County, Pa., November 13, 1868; attended the Harrisburg Academy and the Cumberland Valley State Normal School, Shippensburg, Pa.; was graduated from the Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., in 1890; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practiced; chairman of the Republican county committee 1895-1898; district attorney of Cumberland County 1895-1899; county and city solicitor 1900-1906; delegate to the Republican State convention in 1910 and to the Republican National Convention in 1912; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); resumed the practice of law and specialized in public-service work; died in Carlisle, Pa., on November 11, 1920; interment in Ashland Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present