Thomas S. Kleppe, Secretary of the Interior

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Thomas S. Kleppe was a U.S. politician and businessman who served as Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald Ford, overseeing federal land and natural resource policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
human
politician
appointedBy Gerald Ford
boardMemberOf Gold Seal Company
cabinet Cabinet of President Gerald Ford
causeOfDeath lung cancer
chiefExecutiveOfficerOf Gold Seal Company
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1919-07-01
dateOfDeath 2007-03-02
educatedAt Valley City State Teachers College
employer United States federal government
endTime 1971-01-03
endTimeAsMayorOfBismarck 1954
endTimeAsSecretaryOfTheInterior 1977-01-20
familyName Kleppe
fieldOfWork natural resource policy
public lands management
fullName Thomas Savig Kleppe
givenName Thomas
hasReligion Lutheranism
languageSpoken English
memberOf United States House of Representatives
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
militaryRank warrant officer
notableEvent Kleppe v. New Mexico
notableWork oversight of U.S. federal land and natural resource policies
occupation businessman
politician
placeOfBirth Kintyre, North Dakota, United States
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland, United States
linked to: Bethesda, Maryland
positionHeld United States Representative
linked to: U.S. Representative

United States Secretary of the Interior
precededBy Rogers Morton
represents North Dakota at-large congressional district
residence North Dakota, United States
linked to: North Dakota

Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
servedIn United States Army
sexOrGender male
spouse Fae B. Kleppe
startTime 1967-01-03
startTimeAsMayorOfBismarck 1950
startTimeAsSecretaryOfTheInterior 1975-10-17
stateOfPrimaryPoliticalActivity North Dakota
succeededBy Cecil D. Andrus
workedAs mayor of Bismarck, North Dakota

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Kleppe v. New Mexico petitioner Thomas S. Kleppe, Secretary of the Interior