Samuel Roy McKelvie (April 15, 1881 – October 6, 1956) was a Nebraska republican politician best known for being the 23rd governor of Nebraska. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government He was also the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1913 to 1915 and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936 and 1944. The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. In On April 15, 1922 he helped break ground for the Nebraska State Capitol. The Nebraska State Capitol, located in Lincoln Nebraska, is the capitol and seat of the Nebraska Legislature and houses other offices of the government of the The Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest is named after him. The Samuel R McKelvie National Forest is located in the north-central Sandhills region of the U
| Preceded by M. R. Hopewell |
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska 1913 – 1915 |
Succeeded by James Pearson |
| Preceded by Keith Neville |
Governor of Nebraska 1919 – 1923 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Bryan |