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Preceded by
  
John Kee

Name
  
Elizabeth Kee

Children
  
James Kee

Religion
  
Episcopalian

Party
  
Democratic Party

Political party
  
Democratic

Spouse
  
John Kee

Succeeded by
  
James Kee

Role
  
Politician


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Full Name
  
Maude Elizabeth Simpkins

Born
  
June 7, 1895 Radford, Virginia (
1895-06-07
)

Alma mater
  
Roanoke Business College

Died
  
February 15, 1975, Bluefield, West Virginia, United States

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. While serving in Congress, she served on the House Government Operations, Interior and Insular Affairs, and Veterans Affairs Committees, chairing the latter's Veterans' Hospitals Subcommittee. After struggling to win support for her economic redevelopment plans for her home district in West Virginia during the Eisenhower Administration, Congresswoman Kee threw her support behind President John F. Kennedy's campaign in 1960 and, through the Accelerated Public Works Act, funneled millions of dollars through an Area Redevelopment Administration to the state. 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.

References

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