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Elizabeth Kee Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 5th congressional district In office
July 17, 1951 – January 3, 1965Preceded by John Kee Succeeded by James Kee Personal details Born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins
June 7, 1895
Radford, VirginiaDied February 15, 1975 (aged 79)
Bluefield, West VirginiaPolitical party Democratic Spouse(s) Alan Frazier
John KeeChildren James Kee Alma mater Roanoke Business College Religion Episcopalian Maude Elizabeth Kee (June 7, 1895 – February 15, 1975), known more generally as Elizabeth Kee, was a U.S. Democratic politician. She was the first woman elected to Congress from West Virginia.
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Biography
She was born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins in Radford, Virginia. She married John Kee, and served as her husband's executive secretary from November 1932, when he was first elected to Congress, until his death in 1951. After her husband's death, she was elected as a Democrat in a special election to succeed her husband in the United States House of Representatives serving the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia in the 82nd through the 88th U.S. Congress. She was elected to six more terms and served from July 17, 1951 to January 3, 1965. She did not run for re-election in 1964, and was succeeded in Congress by her son, James Kee. She died in Bluefield, West Virginia.
See also
Sources
- Elizabeth Kee at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Elizabeth Kee at The Political Graveyard
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United States House of Representatives Preceded by
John KeeMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 5th congressional district
1951–1965Succeeded by
James KeeCategories:- Members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia
- Spouses of members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Bluefield, West Virginia
- Female members of the United States House of Representatives
- Women in West Virginia politics
- 1895 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Radford, Virginia
- American Episcopalians
- West Virginia Democrats
- West Virginia politician stubs
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