Keith Neville

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Keith Neville

Keith M. Neville (born February 25, 1884 in North Platte , Nebraska , † December 4, 1959 ) was an American politician and between 1917 and 1919 the 19th governor of the state of Nebraska.

Early years

Keith Neville attended St. John's Academy and later, until 1905, St. John's College in Maryland . He then ran his family's ranch and became director of the First National Bank in North Platte.

Governor of Nebraska

In 1916 Neville was elected as the Democratic Party candidate for the new governor of Nebraska, with 49:47 percent of the vote against the Republican Abraham L. Sutton. He began his two-year term on January 4, 1917. His reign was overshadowed by the events of World War I , which the United States entered in April 1917. As in most other states, the economy had to be converted to armaments; Soldiers had to be drafted and drafted. Domestically, a strict prohibition law was passed during Neville's tenure. In 1918, Neville ran unsuccessfully for re-election.

Further life

After the end of his tenure, Neville remained politically active. In 1922 he was chairman of the Nebraska Democratic Party. In 1933 he became an associate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal policy. In 1954 he ran for a seat in the US Senate, but lost to Carl Curtis . Keith Neville died on December 4, 1959 and was buried in North Platte. He was married to Mary Virginia Neill, with whom he had four children.

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