Nelson E. Matthews

Nelson Edwin Matthews (April 14, 1852 - October 13, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Ottawa, Ohio, 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.

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. He died in Maumee, Ohio, on October 13, 1917. He was interred in Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio.

Source

• Nelson E. Matthews at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Name	Matthews, Nelson Edwin
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Date of birth	April 14, 1852
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Date of death	October 13, 1917
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