John Kee was a U.S. Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

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 politician.

Biography

He was born in Glenville, West Virginia

Glenville, West Virginia

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. He attended Glenville State Normal School

Glenville State College

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 and West Virginia University

West Virginia University

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 and was admitted to the bar in 1897. Kee was a member of the West Virginia Senate

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 1923–1927 He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives

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 from West Virginia

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 and served from March 3, 1933 until his death in the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 serving the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia

West Virginia

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 in the 73rd

82nd United States Congress

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 through the 82nd U.S. Congress

88th United States Congress

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.

Congressman Kee's wife, Elizabeth Kee

Elizabeth Kee

Maude Elizabeth Kee , known more generally as Elizabeth Kee, was a U.S. Democratic politician. She was the first woman elected to Congress from West Virginia.-Biography:...

, succeeded him as U.S. Representative after winning a special election to replace him and served until 1965, when she was succeeded by their son, James Kee

James Kee

James Kee was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia. He was the son of John Kee, a U.S. Representative from West Virginia who served from 1933 until his death in 1951, and Elizabeth Kee, who succeeded her husband in Congress and served from 1951 until 1965...

, who served until 1973.

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia

Sources

• John Kee at The Political Graveyard
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