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(Redirected from Melville Kelly) American politician (1883–1935)
M. Clyde Kelly
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1935
Preceded byWilliam Henry Coleman
Succeeded byJames L. Quinn
Constituency30th district (1917–1923)
33rd district (1923–1933)
31st district (1933–1935)
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded byJohn Dalzell
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Coleman
Constituency30th district
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1910–1913
Personal details
Born(1883-08-04)August 4, 1883
Bloomfield, Ohio, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 1935(1935-04-29) (aged 51)
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeMahoning Union Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Progressive (1917–1919)
Alma materMuskingum College

Melville Clyde Kelly (August 4, 1883 – April 29, 1935) was an American politician and publisher who served as a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

M. Clyde Kelly was born in Bloomfield, Muskingum County, Ohio. He attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. He was engaged in newspaper publishing at Braddock, Pennsylvania, in 1903 and established the Braddock Leader in 1904.

In 1907 he purchased the Daily News and the Evening Herald and consolidated them into the Daily News-Herald. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1910 to 1913.

Kelly was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate in 1914. 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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934.

During his tenure as Congressman, Clyde introduced a resolution to permit private contracting of airmail service. This resolution, the Air Mail Act of 1925 was signed into law on February 2, 1925, prompting many companies to venture into the aviation field (e.g., Boeing, Douglas, and Pratt & Whitney). The Airmail Act of 1925 was the foundation that commercial aviation is built upon.

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. Clyde was interred in Mahoning Union Cemetery, near Marchand, Pennsylvania.

Sources

References

  1. Nolan, M.S. (1999). Fundamentals of air traffic control. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks Cole Publishing Company.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJohn Dalzell Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district

March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Coleman
Preceded byWilliam Henry Coleman Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district

March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923
Succeeded byEverett Kent
Preceded byNew district Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district

March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
Succeeded byHenry Ellenbogen
Preceded byAdam Martin Wyant Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district

March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Succeeded byJames L. Quinn
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