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

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Biography

M. Clyde Kelly was born in

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. He was engaged in newspaper publishing at

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, 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