Cleveland M. Bailey

Cleveland M. Bailey, 1953

Cleveland Monroe Bailey (born July 15, 1886 in St. Marys , Pleasants County , West Virginia , † July 13, 1965 in Charleston , West Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1947 and from 1949 to 1963 he represented the third electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cleveland Bailey attended his home public schools and West Liberty State College . He then studied until 1908 at Geneva College in Beaver Falls ( Pennsylvania ). In 1917 and 1918, Bailey taught himself as a teacher at Clarksburg High School . In this city he was also a member of the city council between 1921 and 1923. In between, Bailey was a school councilor in the local school district from 1919 to 1922. Between 1923 and 1933 he worked as an editor for the Associated Press in Clarksburg. Politically, Cleveland Bailey was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1933 and 1941 he served as the Assistant State Auditor of West Virginia; between 1941 and 1944 he served as State Budget Director as Treasury Secretary for that state. In 1932, Bailey was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated as the party's presidential candidate.

In 1944, Bailey was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Third District of West Virginia . There he took over from Edward G. Rohrbough of the Republican Party on January 3, 1945 , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he lost in the next election to Rohrbough, he could initially only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1947 . During this time the Second World War ended and the UN was founded . Between 1947 and 1948, Bailey was a tax officer in West Virginia, where he compiled tax statistics. In the 1948 elections he met Edward Rohrbough again. This time Bailey won, who was able to take his old seat in the House of Representatives again on January 3, 1949. After six re-elections, he was able to exercise this office until January 3, 1963. During this time the Korean War and the beginning of the Cold War fell . In addition, the 22nd and 23rd amendments to the Constitution were discussed and passed in Congress. In 1962 he failed in his party's primary election. His seat then fell to John M. Slack .

After his tenure in Congress ended, Bailey withdrew from politics. He spent his old age in Clarksburg; there he was buried after his death on July 13, 1965 in Charleston.

Web links

• Cleveland M. Bailey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Cleveland M. Bailey in the database of Find a Grave (English)