Samuel R. McKelvie
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Samuel Roy McKelvie (April 15, 1881 – October 6, 1956) was a Nebraska republican politician best known for being the 23rd governor of Nebraska. He was also the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1913 to 1915 and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936 and 1944. In On April 15, 1922 he helped break ground for the Nebraska State Capitol. The Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest is named after him.
| Preceded by M. R. Hopewell |
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska 1913 – 1915 |
Succeeded by James Pearson |
| Preceded by Keith Neville |
Governor of Nebraska 1919 – 1923 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Bryan |
[edit] References
- The Political Graveyard. McKelvie, Samuel Roy. Retrieved on January 5, 2006.
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| Governors of Nebraska |  |
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| Butler • James • Furnas • Garber • Nance • Dawes • Thayer • Boyd • Thayer • Boyd • Crounse • Holcomb • Poynter • Dietrich • Savage • Mickey • Sheldon • Shallenberger • Aldrich • Morehead • Neville • McKelvie • Bryan • McMullen • Weaver • Bryan • Cochran • Griswold • Peterson • Crosby • Anderson • Brooks • Burney • Morrison • Tiemann • Exon • Thone • Kerrey • Orr • Nelson • Johanns • Heineman |
