Nelson E. Matthews
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Biography
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.
Congress
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.
Death and burial
He died in Maumee, Ohio, on October 13, 1917. He was interred in Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio.
Sources
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1852 births
- 1917 deaths
- People from Ottawa, Ohio
- Ohio Constitutional Convention (1912)
- 19th-century American people
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives