Nelson Edwin Matthews (April 14, 1852 – October 13, 1917) was an American politician who served one term a
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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from 1915 until his death in 1917.
Biography
Born in
Ottawa, Ohio
Ottawa is a village (United States)#Ohio, village and the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. It is located about southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. The population is 4,456 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Hist ...
, Matthews attended the public schools.
He engaged in banking, mercantile, and manufacturing pursuits in Ottawa.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908.
He served as delegate to the fourth State constitutional convention in 1912.
Congress
Matthews was elected as a
Republican to the
Sixty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the
Sixty-fifth Congress.
Death and burial
He died in
Maumee, Ohio
Maumee ( ) is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Maumee River, it is a suburb about southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. The population was 13,896 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Maumee was declared an Al ...
, on October 13, 1917.
He was interred in Fort Meigs Cemetery,
Perrysburg, Ohio
Perrysburg is a city located in Wood County, Ohio, United States, along the south side of the Maumee River. The population was 25,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Part of the Toledo metropolitan area, the city is southwest of To ...
.
Sources
1852 births
1917 deaths
People from Ottawa, Ohio
Ohio Constitutional Convention (1912)
19th-century American people
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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