Cleveland M. Bailey | |
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.jpg) From 1953'sPocket Congressional Directory of the 83rd Congress | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Edward G. Rohrbough |
| Succeeded by | Arch A. Moore Jr. (redistricting) |
| In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Edward G. Rohrbough |
| Succeeded by | Edward G. Rohrbough |
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| Born | (1886-07-15)July 15, 1886 St. Marys, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 1965(1965-07-13) (aged 78) Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Maude Agatha Rigby (m. 1908)[1] |
Cleveland Monroe Bailey (July 15, 1886 – July 13, 1965) was aU.S. Representative fromWest Virginia.
Born on a farm nearSt. Marys, West Virginia inPleasants County, Bailey attended the public schools, andWest Liberty State College,West Liberty, West Virginia.He graduated fromGeneva College inBeaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1908.High school principal atClarksburg, West Virginia, in 1917 and 1918.He served as district supervisor of schools 1919-1922.Bailey was a councilman of Clarksburg, W.Virginia from 1921 to 1923. He worked as anAssociated Press editor in Clarksburg, West Virginia from 1923 to 1933.He served as assistant State auditor 1933-1941, and was the state budget director 1941-1944.Bailey served as delegate to theDemocratic National Convention atChicago in 1932.
In 1955, he allegedly punchedNew York CongressmanAdam Clayton Powell over a school construction bill rider. Powell's rider would have prevented federal education funds from being allocated to states with segregated schools; Bailey opposed the rider, which was defeated. One Congressman told reporters that Bailey had hit Powell and knocked him to the floor. Bailey denied it, and stated that while Powell and he had argued, no punches were thrown.[2]
Bailey was elected as aDemocrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.State tax statistician in 1947 and 1948.
Bailey was elected to the Eighty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress. Bailey did not sign the 1956Southern Manifesto and voted in favor ofCivil Rights Act of 1960 and the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[3][4] but did not vote on theCivil Rights Act of 1957.[5] He was a resident of Clarksburg, West Virginia. He died inCharleston, West Virginia, July 13, 1965. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery, Clarksburg, West Virginia.
He has an elementary school named in his honor inMidwest City, Oklahoma.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's 3rd congressional district 1945–1947 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's 3rd congressional district 1949–1963 | Succeeded by |
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