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 Uploading ....Republican • Rock Springs
Wyoming Highway Commissioner 1941-1947
Republican National Convention Delegate 1944
Republican National Committee member 1948-1960
Edward David Crippa, Senator from Wyoming, was born in Rock Springs April 8, 1899, and graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1917.During the First World War he served as a private in the U.S. Army. He was councilman of Rock Springs from 1926-1928, president of the Union Mercantile Company in 1930, owner and manager of Crippa Motor Company in Rock Springs, president of North Side State Bank, and director of Rock Springs Fuel Company in 1940. He was Wyoming State Highway Commissioner in 1941-1947, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1944, and served on the Republican National Committee 1948-1960. He was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lester C. Hunt. He served from June 24 to November 28, 1954. He was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy. Edward Crippa resumed business activities and died in Rock Springs October 20, 1960. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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