Background
Born in Baileysville, he was the son of Robert D. Bailey, Senior and Sue Starkey Bailey.
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Born in Baileysville, he was the son of Robert D. Bailey, Senior and Sue Starkey Bailey.
Washington & Lee University (Juris Doctor, 1934). Phi Delta Phi. Prosecuting Attorney, Wyoming County, 1943. 1946-1948; 1952-1961.
Secretary of State, West Virginia, 1969.
He was a graduate of Concord College and Washington and Lee University School of Law. During World World War II, he served in the United States. Army in the European Theater. Admitted to the bar in 1934, he inherited his father"s law practice, including representation of railroads and timber companies in southern West Virginia, based in his home town of Pineville.
His own wide-ranging business involvements included the Castle Rock Bank of Pineville, Radio Station WWYO, the Independent Herald newspaper, and the Pineville Gas Company.
A Democrat, he was Wyoming County Prosecuting Attorney in 1949-1961. He was appointed West Virginia Secretary of State by Governor Hulett C. Smith on May 17, 1965, and was elected in 1966, serving until January, 1969.
After Smith"s term ended, Bailey returned to private practice in his home town of Pineville.
Wyoming County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations. West Virginia State Bar. American Judicature Society.