Nelson E. Matthews

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Nelson Edwin Matthews (born April 14, 1852 in Ottawa , Ohio , †  October 13, 1917 in Maumee , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1917 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nelson Matthews attended public schools in his home country. He then spent two years in Wisconsin and Iowa before returning to Ohio. There he became a successful businessman - among other things in the trade, with shops, in the railroad and in the banking industry. He made it to the President of the Bank of Ottawa . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In June 1908 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1914 congressional election , Matthews was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Democrat Timothy T. Ansberry on March 4, 1915 . Since he was not confirmed in 1916, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1917 . He died in Maumee the same year he left Congress, on October 13, 1917, and was buried in Perrysburg .

Web links

  • Nelson E. Matthews in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Matthews, Nelson E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthews, Nelson Edwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1917
Place of death Maumee , Ohio