| Birth: | Nov. 9, 1874 | | Death: | Jan. 18, 1958 | 
US Congressman, US Senator, West Virginia Governor. Served as a Private in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Represented West Virginia's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, having been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman John W. Davis, and serving from 1913 to 1921. Defeated for re-election to his House seat, he ran for and was elected as a Senator from West Virginia to the United States Senate, serving first from 1923 to 1929, then from 1931 to 1941. In 1941 he resigned from his Senate postion, having been elected as Governor of West Virginia, which he served from 1941 to 1945. He ran for, and was elcted to, his old 1st District Congressional seat, which he assumed upon the expiration of his Governor's term in 1945. He served in Congress from 1945 to 1947. In 1949 he was elected again as a Senator to the United States Senate, serving from 1949 until his death in office in 1958. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Spouse:
Alberta Ramage Neely (1880 - 1976)*
Children:
Corrine Neely Pettit (1915 - 2009)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Matthew Neely | | | Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Fairmont
Marion County
West Virginia, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Oct 07, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6837367 |
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