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  Bailey, Cleveland M.
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NameCleveland M. Bailey
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Born July 15, 1886
DiedJuly 13, 1965 (78 years)
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InfoBAILEY, Cleveland Monroe, a Representative from West Virginia; born on a farm near St. Marys, Pleasants County, W.Va., July 15, 1886; attended the public schools, and West Liberty State College, West Liberty, W.Va.; was graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., in 1908; high school principal at Clarksburg, W.Va., in 1917 and 1918; district supervisor of schools 1919-1922; councilman of Clarksburg, W.Va., 1921-1923; Associated Press editor in Clarksburg, W.Va., 1923-1933; assistant State auditor 1933-1941; State budget director 1941-1944; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; State tax statistician in 1947 and 1948; elected to the Eighty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; was a resident of Clarksburg, W.Va.; died in Charleston, W.Va., July 13, 1965; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.


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  11/06/1962 WV District 1 Lost 40.11% (-19.79%)
  11/08/1960 WV District 3 Won 59.78% (+19.55%)
  11/04/1958 WV District 03 Won 59.93% (+19.86%)
  11/06/1956 WV District 03 Won 51.50% (+2.99%)
  05/08/1956 WV District 3 - D Primary Won 78.06% (+56.13%)
  11/02/1954 WV District 03 Won 58.86% (+17.72%)
  05/11/1954 WV District 3 - D Primary Won 81.46% (+62.91%)
  11/04/1952 WV District 03 Won 53.37% (+6.74%)
  11/07/1950 WV District 03 Won 54.41% (+8.82%)
  11/02/1948 WV District 03 Won 57.10% (+14.21%)
  11/05/1946 WV District 03 Lost 48.47% (-3.06%)
  11/07/1944 WV District 03 Won 52.47% (+4.94%)
  05/09/1944 WV District 3 - D Primary Won 58.69% (+17.39%)
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