Background
Kelly, Harry Eugene was born on December 27, 1870 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Son of Michael Joseph and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly.
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Harry Eugene Kelly, American lawyer Member Colorado House of Representatives, 1906-1908 (secured passage of pure food bill and bill establishing state railroad commission); Served as Colorado commissioner on Uniform State Laws.; Member Governor Lowden’s Chicago Commision on Race Relations, 1919; Member Chicago Association Commerce (Executive Committee and chairman Ways and Means committee, 1926-1927); Member Electoral College for Illinois, 1929.
Education
Bachelor of Philosophy, State University of Iowa, 1892, Master of Arts, 1897. Post-graduate work, University of Chicago, 1895. Studied law, University of Denver, 1899-1900.
Admitted to Colorado bar, 1900.
Career
2 sons: William M., Will Abbott. Editor Daily Herald, Litchfield, Illinois, 1892-1894. Principal Litchfield High School, 1894-1895.
Superintendent schools, Sullivan, Illinois, 1895-1896.
Instructor English literature, State University of Iowa, 1896-1899. Began practice, Denver, Colorado, 1900.
Ten years counsel in West for Western Union Telegraph Company. Member Kelly & Haines, 1907-1914.
Achievements
Membership
Member Colorado House of Representatives, 1906-1908 (secured passage of pure food bill and bill establishing state railroad commission). Served as Colorado commissioner on Uniform State Laws. Member Governor Lowden’s Chicago Commision on Race Relations, 1919.
Member Chicago Association Commerce (Executive Committee and chairman Ways and Means committee, 1926-1927).
Member Electoral College for Illinois, 1929.
Connections
Married Jessie L. Speer, January 1893 (died 1899). Married second, Edna McElravy Smalley, August 1903.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Unitarian -
Political Party
Republican