Biography

04/23/1849 - 01/06/1907

Alfred Miller Neely (D38) Clarion, Cameron, Elk, Forest 1899-1902

Early Life: 

Alfred Miller Neely, born, April 23, 1849,  Saint Petersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; son of Isaac and Elizabeth C. Miller Neely; Edinboro State Normal School (now Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro); school teacher; engaged, oil, coal and lumbering; proprietor, Neely Brothers, and A. M. Neely and Company, general merchandise stores; married, Clara V. Grabel Neely, 1875, daughter, Effie M. Neely Hesser; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives,  1883-1886; not a candidate for reelection, 1886; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1899-1903; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Alum Rock, Pennsylvania, 1903; died, January 6, 1907, Alum Rock, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Petersburg Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1883-1886; not a candidate for reelection, 1886.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1899-1902; committee assignments, Appropriations, Corporations, Finance, Game and Fisheries, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water, Public Roads and Highways.

Postmaster, United States Postal Service, Alum Rock, Pennsylvania, 1903.

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1901) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1181, 1187-1190, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1156.

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members N". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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