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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | M. Clyde Kelly |
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Edgewood, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 04, 1883
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| Died | April 29, 1935
(51 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | KELLY, Melville Clyde, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bloomfield, Muskingum County, Ohio, August 4, 1883; attended the public schools, and Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio; engaged in newspaper publishing at Braddock, Pa., in 1903 and established the Braddock Leader in 1904; in 1907 purchased the Daily News and the Evening Herald and consolidated them into the Daily News-Herald; member of the State house of representatives 1910-1913; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate in 1914 for reelection to the Sixty-fourth Congress; continued his newspaper work; elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-fifth and reelected as a Republican to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; resumed his former business pursuits; accidentally shot while cleaning a rifle and died in a hospital at Punxsutawney, Pa., on April 29, 1935; interment in Mahoning Union Cemetery, near Marchand, Pa.
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