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  Kee, James
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameJames Kee
Address
Bluefield, West Virginia , United States
EmailNone
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Born April 15, 1917
DiedMarch 11, 1989 (71 years)
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Last ModifedRBH
Feb 23, 2024 05:56pm
Tags Married - Army - Episcopalian -
InfoKEE, James, (Son of John Kee and Maude Elizabeth Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., April 15, 1917; educated in the public schools and Sacred Heart School in Bluefield, Greenbrier Military School, Southeastern University School of Law, and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University; assistant to the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, 1936-1940; housing adviser to the United States Housing Authority, 1940-1942; served in the United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946; career foreign service staff officer of the United States Department of State with domestic and foreign duties, 1949-1952; administrative assistant to Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, January 1953-January 1965; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; was a resident of Fayetteville, W.Va., until his death in Montgomery, W.Va., on March 11, 1989; interment in Monte Vista Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.


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FAMILY
Father John Kee 1874-1951
Mother Maude Elizabeth Kee 1895-1975

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  05/12/1972 WV District 4 - D Primary Lost 25.60% (-26.49%)
  11/03/1970 WV District 5 Won 70.44% (+40.88%)
  05/12/1970 WV District 5 - D Primary Won 64.03% (+28.06%)
  11/05/1968 WV District 5 Won 66.15% (+32.30%)
  05/14/1968 WV District 5 - D Primary Won 87.97% (+75.93%)
  11/08/1966 WV District 5 Won 63.58% (+27.16%)
  05/10/1966 WV District 5 - D Primary Won 77.46% (+54.92%)
  11/03/1964 WV District 5 Won 69.97% (+39.95%)
  05/12/1964 WV District 5 - D Primary Won 44.44% (+19.14%)
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