Preceded by Timothy T. Ansberry Political party Republican Party Role U.S. representative | Name Nelson Matthews Succeeded by John S. Snook | |
Born April 14, 1852
Ottawa, Ohio ( 1852-04-14 ) Resting place Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio Died October 13, 1917, Maumee, Ohio, United States | ||
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.
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