George Arthur Neeley (August 1, 1879January 1, 1919) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Kansas
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.
Born in
Detroit, Illinois, Neeley attended
public schools in
Joplin, Missouri
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and
Wellston, Oklahoma
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History
Wellston was named by Christian T. Wells, who established a trading post on the site in 1883. The post office officially opened ...
. He earned a B.S. from
Southwestern Baptist University in
Jackson, Tennessee
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Jackson ...
in 1902, and a
J.D. from the
University of Kansas
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in
Lawrence, Kansas in 1904. He was employed for a while as a
farmer
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and a
teacher
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, before becoming a
lawyer in private
practice. He was an unsuccessful candidate for
United States Representative
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to the
61st Congress in 1910.
Neeley was elected as a
Democrat
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in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edmond H. Madison to the
62nd Congress and to the
succeeding Congress (January 9, 1912 - March 3, 1915). He was not a candidate for reelection to the
64th Congress
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in 1914, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the
United States Senate
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. He died in
Hutchinson, Kansas
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, and was interred in Oak Park Cemetery,
Chandler, Oklahoma
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.
His daughter was Science Fiction author
Margaret St. Clair
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Biography
St. Clair was born as Eva Margaret Neeley ...
.
References
1879 births
1919 deaths
People from Pike County, Illinois
Politicians from Joplin, Missouri
People from Lincoln County, Oklahoma
University of Kansas School of Law alumni
Kansas lawyers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers
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