Patrick Henry Kelley (October 7, 1867 – September 11, 1925) was a politician from the

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. He served as

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from

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from 1915 to 1923.

Biography

Kelley was born in Silver Creek Township,

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, near Dowagiac. In 1875, he moved to Berrien County with his parents, who settled in Watervliet. He attended the district and village schools and in 1887 graduated from the

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in Valparaiso. He taught school at Fair Plain in Berrien County for several years. He attended the Michigan State Normal School at

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(now

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) and then graduated from the law department of the

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in 1900. He was admitted to the

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the same year, commenced practice in

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and was a law partne

with

Seymour H. Person Seymour Howe Person (February 2, 1879 – April 7, 1957) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Person was born on a farm near Howell, Michigan and attended the district schools and the Howell public schools. He graduated from the law ...

. Kelley served as a member of the State board of education 1901–1905, as the state superintendent of public instruction 1905–1907, and as the 33rd lieutenant governor of Michigan 1907–1911 serving under Governor Fred M. Warner. In 1912, he was elected as a Republican to the

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as an

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candidate for an increase in Michigan's Congressional delegation as a result of the

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, technically becoming the first to represent the 13th district. He was then re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses from

. In 1922, Kelley did not seek renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the

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, losing in the Republican primary to Charles E. Townsend. He resumed the practice of law in Lansing. He died while on a visit to

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, and is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Lansing.

References

The Political Graveyard

External links

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