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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Brandonville, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), August 13, 1838; attended the public schools; studied law at Harvard University; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Morgantown; elected prosecuting attorney for Monongahela County in 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1870; law reporter for the supreme court of appeals from January 1864 to March 4, 1873; mayor of Morgantown 1866, 1867, and 1869; member of the State constitutional convention in 1871; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for renomination; member of the State house of delegates 1879-1883; elected judge of the second judicial district in 1888 and served until his death in Morgantown, W.Va., June 17, 1900; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Weston, Lewis County, Va. (now West Virginia), March 16, 1855; attended the public schools; recorder of the town of Weston in 1876; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Grantsville, Calhoun County, W.Va.; committee clerk in the State senate 1881 and 1882; assistant clerk of the senate 1883-1887; resumed the practice of law in 1887; member of the State house of delegates 1887 and 1888; clerk of the house of delegates 1888-1890; also engaged in banking and served as president of the Calhoun County Bank 1901-1916; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress and for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; served as president of the Calhoun County High School Board; died in Grantsville, W.Va., on December 27, 1916; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Old Bethlehem, W.Va.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born near Roslyn, Long Island, N.Y., September 20, 1914; graduated from Roslyn High School, Roslyn, N.Y., 1931; A.B., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 1935; A.M., Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1936; Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1940; faculty, Columbia, Barnard, Princeton and Marshall Universities; research assistant, Judge Samuel I. Rosenman and President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Roosevelt’s public papers; section chief, Bureau of the Census, 1940; personnel officer, Office for Emergency Management, 1941; administrative analyst, United States Bureau of the Budget, in 1942 and 1946; United States Army, European Theater of Operations as combat historian, 1942-1946; special assistant to President Truman, 1949-1953; associate director of American Political Science Association at Washington, D.C., 1953-1956; research director, presidential campaign of Adlai Stevenson, 1956; administrative aide to Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado in 1957; delegate Democratic National Conventions, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980 and 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of West Virginia; subsequently was an unsuccessful write-in candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives; television and newspaper journalist; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for nomination to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; science consultant, House Committee on Science and Technology, 1980-1982; taught at the University of Charleston and Marshall University, 1981-1984; elected secretary of state of West Virginia in 1984; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990; is a resident of Huntington, W.Va.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Barn, Mercer County, W.Va., August 9, 1894; attended the public schools and Beckley (W.Va.) Institute; was graduated from the medical school of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1917; served in the United States Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant 1917-1919; engaged in the practice of medicine in Beckley, W.Va., 1919-1944; medical examiner for the Veterans’ Administration 1919-1944; city and county health officer 1927-1932; superintendent of Pinecrest Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Beckley, W.Va., 1943-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 but was unsuccessful for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination; resumed business and professional interests; died in Beckley, W.Va., September 20, 1954; interment in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Bio: a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., July 4, 1825; completed preparatory studies and graduated from McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., in 1845; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to California in 1849; district attorney of Sacramento County 1855-1857; moved to West Virginia; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second, Forty-third, and Forty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1871, until January 31, 1877, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Commerce (Forty-fourth Congress); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on January 26, 1877, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen Taylor Caperton and served from January 31, 1877, to March 3, 1881; chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Forty-sixth Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in Union, Monroe County, W.Va., December 21, 1891; interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Richmond, Va., on February 2, 1825; studied law; was admitted to the bar in April 1845 and commenced practice in Martinsburg; chosen president of the Bank of Berkeley, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1853; served in the Virginia house of delegates 1855-1859; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in 1860; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army in line and staff until paroled in 1865; engaged in journalism; resumed the practice of law in Martinsburg, W.Va., in 1870; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1872; member of the Democratic National Committee 1872-1876; judge of the third judicial circuit in 1872, which office he resigned in August 1880; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); United States district attorney for the District of Columbia 1885-1889; died in Martinsburg, W.Va., March 1, 1896; interment in Norborne Cemetery.
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Bio: (father of Robert Lynn Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born on a farm near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 21, 1852; attended the common schools at Locust Grove, Carleton College, Racine, Ohio, and was graduated from Oldham & Hawe’s Business College, Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1869; taught school and was employed as a bookkeeper 1870-1873; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Point Pleasant, W.Va.; county superintendent of free schools of Mason County 1875-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed the practice of law in Point Pleasant, W.Va.; became affiliated with the Republican Party in 1900; dean of the College of Law of West Virginia University at Morgantown 1906-1913; author of several works on legal procedure; died in Point Pleasant, W.Va., June 14, 1935; interment in Lone Oak Cemetery.
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Bio: (son of Charles Edgar Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va., December 30, 1893; attended the public schools and West Virginia Preparatory School; was graduated from the University of West Virginia at Morgantown in 1914 and from its law department in 1916; was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Point Pleasant, W.Va.; during the First World War he served from 1917-1919 in the Coast Artillery Corps and the Air Sevice; resumed the practice of law in Point Pleasant, W.Va.; prosecuting attorney of Mason County 1921-1924; member of the State senate 1925-1929; elected as a Republican, in a special election, November 4, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Hughes; reelected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; resumed the practice of law in Point Pleasant, W.Va.; lawyer for the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, New York City, 1935-1944; executive and vice president of American Life Convention, Chicago, Ill., 1944-1954; senior vice president, advisory counsel, and vice chairman of the board, Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States, from 1954 until retirement in 1960, continuing to serve as a member of its board and executive committee; counsel to a law firm in Charleston, W.Va., 1960-1970; resided in Lewisburg, W.Va.; died in Charlottesville, Va., July 21, 1973; interment in Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., November 3, 1874; attended the public schools; was employed as a bank clerk in 1892 and served successively as cashier and director until his death; president and manager of a number of coal, oil- and gas-development, and land companies; president of the West Virginia Natural Gas Association in 1917 and 1918; during the First World War served as a member of the advisory State council of defense; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 23, 1933; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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Bio: (father of William Pallister Hubbard), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Hamden, Middlesex County, Conn., November 25, 1814; moved with his parents in 1819 to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia); was graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1840; engaged in banking and in the manufacture of iron and lumber; member of the Virginia house of delegates in 1852 and 1853; delegate to the Virginia convention in Richmond in 1861 and opposed secession; delegate to the West Virginia convention in Wheeling the same year; served in the senate of West Virginia in 1863 and 1864; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864 and 1880; elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fortieth Congress); resumed banking and manufacturing pursuits; died in Wheeling, W.Va., August 23, 1891; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Bio: (son of Chester Dorman Hubbard), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (later West Virginia), December 24, 1843; attended the public schools and Linsly Institute of Wheeling; was graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1863; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1864; enlisted in the Union Army as a private in 1865 in the third West Virginia Cavalry, being a first lieutenant when honorably discharged; returned to Wheeling and commenced the practice of law in 1866; clerk of the West Virginia house of delegates 1866-1870; member of the house of delegates in 1881 and 1882; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888 and 1912; unsuccessful Republican candidate for attorney general of West Virginia in 1888; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; chairman of the commission to revise the tax laws of West Virginia 1901-1903; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; died in Wheeling, W.Va., December 5, 1921; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Bio: (father of William Pallister Hubbard), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Hamden, Middlesex County, Conn., November 25, 1814; moved with his parents in 1819 to Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia); was graduated from the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1840; engaged in banking and in the manufacture of iron and lumber; member of the Virginia house of delegates in 1852 and 1853; delegate to the Virginia convention in Richmond in 1861 and opposed secession; delegate to the West Virginia convention in Wheeling the same year; served in the senate of West Virginia in 1863 and 1864; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864 and 1880; elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fortieth Congress); resumed banking and manufacturing pursuits; died in Wheeling, W.Va., August 23, 1891; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Bio: (son of Chester Dorman Hubbard), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (later West Virginia), December 24, 1843; attended the public schools and Linsly Institute of Wheeling; was graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in 1863; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1864; enlisted in the Union Army as a private in 1865 in the third West Virginia Cavalry, being a first lieutenant when honorably discharged; returned to Wheeling and commenced the practice of law in 1866; clerk of the West Virginia house of delegates 1866-1870; member of the house of delegates in 1881 and 1882; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888 and 1912; unsuccessful Republican candidate for attorney general of West Virginia in 1888; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; chairman of the commission to revise the tax laws of West Virginia 1901-1903; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; died in Wheeling, W.Va., December 5, 1921; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born near Corunna, Ontario, Canada, February 27, 1861; attended the public schools; graduated from Duff’s Business College, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1875; bank messenger; traveling salesman; businessman; member of the Kentucky state house of representatives, 1888-1890; member of the West Virginia state senate, 1894-1898; delegate to all the Republican National Conventions from 1892-1924; postmaster of Huntington, W. Va., 1896-1900; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1915); chair, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses); chair, Committee on Accounts (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as Republican to the Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1927-March 2, 1930); died on March 2, 1930, in Marion, Ohio; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa., March 24, 1844; attended the public schools and Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pa.; served in the Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1863; engaged in the lumber business; moved to West Virginia in 1870, where he continued in the lumber business until 1874; mayor of Charleston, W.Va., 1884-1888; declined a renomination; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); resumed business in Charleston, W.Va., where he died April 23, 1918; interment in Pleasant View Cemetery.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., February 4,1935; attended the public schools; B.S., West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1956; served in the United States Air Force, first lieutenant, 1956-1958; treasurer, city of Charleston, 1967-1971; mayor, city of Charleston, 1971-1980; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John M. Slack, Jr., (June 30, 1980-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; business executive, Charleston, W. Va.; is a resident of Charleston.
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Bio: (cousin of William Thomas Bland), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Parkersburg, Wood County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 3, 1825; pursued an academic course and was graduated from Princeton College in 1845; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Parkersburg, W.Va.; elected prosecuting attorney for Wood County in 1856 and 1860; member of the State house of delegates in 1870 and 1871; member of the State constitutional convention in 1872; elected judge of the fifth judicial circuit and served from 1873 to 1888, when he resigned; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, until February 3, 1890, when he was succeeded by Charles B. Smith, who contested the election; judge of the criminal court for Wood County, W.Va., from 1891 until his death in Parkersburg, W.Va., February 14, 1901; interment in Riverview Cemetery.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born near Charles Town, Jefferson County, W.Va., on November 10, 1869; attended the common schools and Shepherd College State Normal School, Shepherdstown, W.Va.; was graduated from the University of West Virginia at Morgantown in 1894 and from the law department of the same university in 1896; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Martinsburg, W.Va.; city attorney of Martinsburg; moved to Parkersburg, W.Va., in 1900 and continued the practice of law; member of the board of regents of the State Normal School 1897-1900; served as referee in bankruptcy for the United States District Court of West Virginia; general counsel to the West Virginia Public Service Commission; engaged in fruit growing and stock raising; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress; elected to the Seventy-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; died in Martinsburg, W.Va., February 24, 1944; interment in Edgehill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born near Pearisburg, Giles County, Va., April 10, 1845; attended the common schools; enlisted in the Confederate Army in April 1861 and served four years in the Seventh Virginia Regiment of Infantry, Kemper’s brigade of Pickett’s division; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Giles County, Va., in 1867 and commenced practice in Pearisburg, Va.; moved to Mercer County, W.Va., in 1870; prosecuting attorney 1872-1876; member of the State senate in 1878; resigned; judge of the ninth judicial circuit 1880-1888; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; moved to Portland, Oreg., in 1908 and resumed the practice of law; died in that city July 7, 1917; interment in Mount Scott Park Cemetery.
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Bio: (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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Bio: (wife of John Kee and mother of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins, in Radford, Montgomery County, Va., June 7, 1895; attended public and private schools of Montgomery County, Roanoke, Va., Washington, D.C., and Bluefield, W.Va.; graduated from Roanoke Business College, Roanoke, Va.; author of a weekly column in West Virginia newspapers; sponsor of library for physically handicapped at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Fishersville, Va.; served as executive secretary to her husband, John Kee, from November 1932 until his death; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress by special election July 17, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, John Kee; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from July 17, 1951, to January 3, 1965; was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resided in Bluefield, W.Va., where she died February 15, 1975; interment in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Bio: (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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Bio: (husband of Maude Elizabeth Kee and father of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Glenville, Gilmer County, W.Va., August 22, 1874; attended the public schools, Glenville (W.Va.) State Normal School, and West Virginia University at Morgantown; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Glenville, W.Va.; with South Penn Oil Co. 1900-1902; served as counsel for the Virginia Railway Co. 1902-1910; moved to Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., in 1910 and continued the practice of law; engaged in special legal work in Mexico 1916-1918; returned to Bluefield, W.Va., in 1918 and resumed the practice of law; member of the State senate 1923-1927; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 8, 1951; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); interment in Monte Vista Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Bio: (wife of John Kee and mother of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins, in Radford, Montgomery County, Va., June 7, 1895; attended public and private schools of Montgomery County, Roanoke, Va., Washington, D.C., and Bluefield, W.Va.; graduated from Roanoke Business College, Roanoke, Va.; author of a weekly column in West Virginia newspapers; sponsor of library for physically handicapped at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Fishersville, Va.; served as executive secretary to her husband, John Kee, from November 1932 until his death; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress by special election July 17, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, John Kee; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from July 17, 1951, to January 3, 1965; was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resided in Bluefield, W.Va., where she died February 15, 1975; interment in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Bio: (wife of John Kee and mother of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins, in Radford, Montgomery County, Va., June 7, 1895; attended public and private schools of Montgomery County, Roanoke, Va., Washington, D.C., and Bluefield, W.Va.; graduated from Roanoke Business College, Roanoke, Va.; author of a weekly column in West Virginia newspapers; sponsor of library for physically handicapped at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Fishersville, Va.; served as executive secretary to her husband, John Kee, from November 1932 until his death; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress by special election July 17, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, John Kee; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from July 17, 1951, to January 3, 1965; was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resided in Bluefield, W.Va., where she died February 15, 1975; interment in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Bio: (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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| KEE, Maude Elizabeth (1895-1975) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bio: (wife of John Kee and mother of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins, in Radford, Montgomery County, Va., June 7, 1895; attended public and private schools of Montgomery County, Roanoke, Va., Washington, D.C., and Bluefield, W.Va.; graduated from Roanoke Business College, Roanoke, Va.; author of a weekly column in West Virginia newspapers; sponsor of library for physically handicapped at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Fishersville, Va.; served as executive secretary to her husband, John Kee, from November 1932 until his death; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress by special election July 17, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, John Kee; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from July 17, 1951, to January 3, 1965; was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resided in Bluefield, W.Va., where she died February 15, 1975; interment in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Bio: (husband of Maude Elizabeth Kee and father of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Glenville, Gilmer County, W.Va., August 22, 1874; attended the public schools, Glenville (W.Va.) State Normal School, and West Virginia University at Morgantown; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Glenville, W.Va.; with South Penn Oil Co. 1900-1902; served as counsel for the Virginia Railway Co. 1902-1910; moved to Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., in 1910 and continued the practice of law; engaged in special legal work in Mexico 1916-1918; returned to Bluefield, W.Va., in 1918 and resumed the practice of law; member of the State senate 1923-1927; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 8, 1951; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); interment in Monte Vista Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Bio: (wife of John Kee and mother of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins, in Radford, Montgomery County, Va., June 7, 1895; attended public and private schools of Montgomery County, Roanoke, Va., Washington, D.C., and Bluefield, W.Va.; graduated from Roanoke Business College, Roanoke, Va.; author of a weekly column in West Virginia newspapers; sponsor of library for physically handicapped at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Fishersville, Va.; served as executive secretary to her husband, John Kee, from November 1932 until his death; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress by special election July 17, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, John Kee; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from July 17, 1951, to January 3, 1965; was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resided in Bluefield, W.Va., where she died February 15, 1975; interment in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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Bio: (husband of Maude Elizabeth Kee and father of James Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Glenville, Gilmer County, W.Va., August 22, 1874; attended the public schools, Glenville (W.Va.) State Normal School, and West Virginia University at Morgantown; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Glenville, W.Va.; with South Penn Oil Co. 1900-1902; served as counsel for the Virginia Railway Co. 1902-1910; moved to Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., in 1910 and continued the practice of law; engaged in special legal work in Mexico 1916-1918; returned to Bluefield, W.Va., in 1918 and resumed the practice of law; member of the State senate 1923-1927; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 8, 1951; chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); interment in Monte Vista Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Bio: a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born near St. Albans, Kanawha County, Va. (now West Virginia), April 10, 1848; moved with his mother to Missouri in 1856; received a limited schooling; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army; attended St. Vincent’s College, Wheeling, W.Va.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Charleston, W.Va.; prosecuting attorney for Kanawha County 1872-1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); had been reelected to the Forty-eighth Congress in 1882 but resigned as of March 4, 1883, having been elected Senator; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1883; reelected in 1889 and served from March 4, 1883, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1893; funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Bio: a Representative from West Virginia; born in Ganotown, Berkeley County, Va. (now West Virginia), March 21, 1812; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising; member of the Virginia house of delegates in 1861 and 1862; served in the West Virginia State senate in 1864 and 1865; presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Thirty-eighth Congress but was not permitted to qualify because the votes cast included those from Berkeley County, which was not mentioned in the act of Congress admitting West Virginia, and hence the assent of Congress had not yet been given, and the county was still a part of Virginia; Lewis McKenzie contested the election, but inasmuch as the voting was confined to less than half the district neither claimant was admitted; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate for renomination in 1868; resumed his former pursuits; president of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan Counties 1869-1875; master of West Virginia State Grange 1873-1879; again a member of the West Virginia State senate in 1878 and 1879; president of the county court of Berkeley County, W.Va., 1880-1895; died in Shanghai, Berkeley County, W.Va., December 15, 1895; interment in the Presbyterian Churchyard.
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