Legislator Details

Image of Samuel Harlan Kelley
Image Description:
Samuel H. Kelley, portrait from Nimmo, p.67

Samuel Harlan Kelley
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 43

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 3/27/1861
City: Marion, IN
County: Grant County, IN
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 12/17/1925
City: Saint Petersburg, FL
County: Pinellas County, FL
Country:
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Berrien Springs, MI
County: Berrien County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Rose Hill Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Julia Graham, 5/4/1887 in Berrien Springs, Berrien Co., MI; children: 3, Julia Daisy (Adams) and Adelia M. and Louise G.; married Effie E. Wallace about 1904; children: Burr B. Pratt total children: 4

Number of Children: 4

Background

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Military Service:
Occupation: newspaperman, lawyer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
attended public schools of Savannah, MO; attended Missouri State University, 1878-1880; graduated from the Columbian University Law School, 1884

Biographical Sketch:
Of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Son of Henry S. and Adelia (Harlan) Kelley. His family moved to Savannah, MO when he was 5. In 1881, he taught district school and was appointed clerk in the railway mail service for 8 months in 1881. In 1882, he was appointed adjudicator of claims in the U. S. Treasury at Washington, a position he held until November, 1885, when he resigned to become chief clerk of the U. S. land office at Wakeeney, KS. In November, 1886, he resigned his position in the land office and purchased the Scott County News, a Republican paper, and moved to Scott City, KS, where he practiced law and conducted his newspaper. In 1889, he moved to St.Joseph, MO, and practiced law until 1893, when he came to Benton Harbor, MI.

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Forty-Fourth Legislature, 1907-1908
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Elections , Judiciary , Revision of the Constitution
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Benton Harbor
County of Residence Berrien
District: Berrien 2
District Description: Cities of Benton Harbor and Niles; townships of Bainbridge, Benton, Berrien, Hagar, Niles, Pipestone, Sodus and Watervliet

Date Elected: 11/6/1906
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1907
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Unknown
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Revision of the Constitution
Forty-Third Legislature, 1905-1906
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Elections , Institution for the Deaf , Judiciary
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Benton Harbor
County of Residence Berrien
District: Berrien 1
District Description:

Date Elected: 11/8/1904
Date Sworn In: 1/4/1905
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Unknown
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Bibliography:

Nimmo p.67, includes portrait; Manual 1905 p.759; MIMarRec 1867-1952; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portrait; USCen 1910
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