Samuel Roy McKelvie
Samuel Roy McKelvie | |
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Governor of Nebraska | |
In office January 9, 1919 – January 3, 1923 | |
Lieutenant | Pelham A. Barrows |
Preceded by | Keith Neville |
Succeeded by | Charles W. Bryan |
13th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska | |
In office 1913–1915 | |
Governor | John H. Morehead |
Preceded by | John H. Morehead (acting) Melville R. Hopewell |
Succeeded by | James Pearson |
Member of the Nebraska House of Representatives | |
In office Elected 1910 | |
Personal details | |
Born | near University of Nebraska Lincoln Business College | April 15, 1881
Samuel Roy McKelvie (April 15, 1881 – January 6, 1956) was an
McKelvie was born near
Career
From 1902 to 1905, McKelvie sold advertising for the Twentieth Century Farmer of Omaha, Nebraska. The editor of Nebraska Farmer beginning in 1905, he became principal owner and publisher of that paper by 1908.[3]
McKelvie first entered politics as a member of the Lincoln City Council. He held that position from 1908 to 1909. McKelvie was then elected to one term in the Nebraska House of Representatives in 1910, and served as the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1913 to 1915.[1]
McKelvie was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1918, and defeated Democratic incumbent Keith Neville. Reelected in 1920, he saw a state park system initiated, construction plans for a new state capitol building approved, the state accounting system restructured, and forty-one new amendments to the state constitution sanctioned during his tenure.[1] On April 15, 1922, a few months before leaving the governorship, McKelvie helped break ground for the current Nebraska State Capitol.
After stepping down from the governorship, McKelvie returned to his publishing position at Nebraska Farmer. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936 and 1944.
Death and legacy
McKelvie died on January 6, 1956, at his winter home near Mesa, Arizona after suffering two heart attacks.[4] He is interred at Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest is named after him.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Gov. Samuel Roy McKelvie". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Martha Groves McKelvie". Nebraska State Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
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- ^ "Samuel Roy McKelvie" (PDF). Nebraska History. org. Archived from the original on December 2, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest". Cool State Parks. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
External links
- Works by or about Samuel Roy McKelvie at Internet Archive
- "McKelvie, Samuel Roy". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 5, 2006.