Samuel Roy McKelvie | |
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| 19th Governor of Nebraska | |
| In office January 9, 1919 – January 3, 1923 | |
| Lieutenant | Pelham A. Barrows |
| Preceded by | Keith Neville |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Bryan |
| 13th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska | |
| In office 1913–1915 | |
| Governor | John H. Morehead |
| Preceded by | John H. Morehead (acting) Melville R. Hopewell |
| Succeeded by | James Pearson |
| Member of the Nebraska House of Representatives | |
| In office Elected 1910 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 15, 1881 near Fairfield, Nebraska |
| Died | January 6, 1956 (aged 74) Mesa, Arizona |
| Resting place | Wyuka Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Martha Groves De Arnold (1886-1976) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska Lincoln Business College |
Samuel Roy McKelvie (April 15, 1881 – January 6, 1956) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. McKelvie served as the 19th governor of Nebraska, from 1919 to 1923. He was also the 13th lieutenant governor of Nebraska, from 1913 to 1915.
McKelvie was born near Fairfield, Nebraska. He attended the University of Nebraska and graduated from Lincoln Business College in 1901. He married Martha (Flossie) DeArnold on June 19, 1904, and the couple had two children.[1] As Martha McKelvie, his spouse was a noted silent movie columnist, and, starting three years after his death, the author of what became a total of twenty-four books, one of them, Presidents, Politicians and People I Have Known, a memoir.[2]
- ^ "Gov. Samuel Roy McKelvie". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Martha Groves McKelvie". Nebraska State Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
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