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Melville Clyde Kelly

Representative for Pennsylvania, district 31 · Republican

Born 1883 · Died 1935

Republican · PA House 1913–1935
1,533votes cast 77.7%attendance 83.0%party loyalty 10congresses served
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Party changes

When Melville Clyde Kelly changed parties

  • Republican → ProgressiveListed as Progressive starting with the House term that began April 2, 1917. Their term before that was as a Republican.No explanation in their own words is on file here yet.
  • Progressive → RepublicanListed as Republican starting with the House term that began May 19, 1919. Their term before that was as a Progressive.No explanation in their own words is on file here yet.

Dates and parties: congress-legislators, checked October 27, 2026. Reasons are shown only in the member's own words from an official record, and are never summarized by us.

Official details

Melville Clyde Kelly

Every term served
10 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HousePennsylvania · District 31RepublicanMarch 9, 1933 – January 3, 1935
HousePennsylvania · District 33RepublicanDecember 7, 1931 – March 3, 1933
HousePennsylvania · District 33RepublicanApril 15, 1929 – March 3, 1931
HousePennsylvania · District 33RepublicanDecember 5, 1927 – March 3, 1929
HousePennsylvania · District 33RepublicanDecember 7, 1925 – March 4, 1927
HousePennsylvania · District 33RepublicanDecember 3, 1923 – March 3, 1925
HousePennsylvania · District 30RepublicanApril 11, 1921 – March 3, 1923
HousePennsylvania · District 30RepublicanMay 19, 1919 – March 3, 1921
HousePennsylvania · District 30ProgressiveApril 2, 1917 – March 3, 1919
HousePennsylvania · District 30RepublicanApril 7, 1913 – March 3, 1915
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

Source: congress-legislators, a public-domain record of every member of Congress, checked October 27, 2026.

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  1. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: SJR131 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  2. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 441 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  3. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: H.R. 9725 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  4. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: H.R. 404 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  5. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: S. 3645 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  6. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: S. 3530 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  7. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: H.R. 400 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: S. 2347 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  9. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — Recorded vote: H.R. 9459 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: H.R. 9391 (House recorded vote (73rd Congress))

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