Melville Clyde Kelly (August 4, 1883 – April 29, 1935) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern
M. Clyde Kelly was born in Bloomfield, Ohio. Muskingum County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. He attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. Muskingum College is a selective private four-year Liberal arts college located in New Concord, Ohio, approximately sixty miles east of the state New Concord is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. He was engaged in newspaper publishing at Braddock, Pennsylvania, in 1903 and established the Braddock Leader in 1904. Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County Pennsylvania, 10 miles (16 km upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on
In 1907 he purchased the Daily News and the Evening Herald and consolidated them into the Daily News-Herald. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1910 to 1913. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Legislature of the U Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Kelly was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate in 1914. Dates of sessions March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1915 Special session of the Senate March 4, 1913 - March Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year After his term in Congress, he continued his newspaper work. He was again elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-fifth and reelected as a Republican to the eight succeeding Congresses. The United States Progressive Party of 1912 was a political party created by a split in the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1912. Dates of sessions March 4, 1917 - March 4, 1919 Special session of the Senate March 5, 1917 - March 16 He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
After his time in Congress, he resumed his former business pursuits. He was accidentally shot while cleaning a rifle and died in a hospital at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; he was interred in Mahoning Union Cemetery, near Marchand, Pennsylvania. A rifle is a Firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling" cut into the barrel walls Punxsutawney is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 84 miles (129 km northeast of Pittsburgh. Indiana County is a County located in the US state of Pennsylvania.
| Preceded by John Dalzell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district 1913 - 1915 |
Succeeded by William Henry Coleman |
| Preceded by William Henry Coleman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district 1917 - 1923 |
Succeeded by Everett Kent |
| Preceded by at-large: William J. Burke, Thomas S. Crago, Joseph McLaughlin, Anderson Howell Walters |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district 1923 - 1933 |
Succeeded by Henry Ellenbogen |
| Preceded by Adam Martin Wyant |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district 1933 - 1935 |
Succeeded by James L. Quinn |