Cleveland Monroe Bailey
Democrat Representative of West Virginia's 3rd district
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1953
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 5, 1955 - January 3, 1957
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 3, 1957 - January 3, 1959
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 7, 1959 - January 3, 1961
Representative
West Virginia, district 3
January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963
8
Congresses Served
8
House Terms
January 1, 1886 (79 years old)
Birthday
January 1, 1965
Death
- Born on a farm and attended public schools before graduating from Geneva College.
- Worked as a high school principal and district supervisor of schools.
- Served as a councilman and an Associated Press editor.
- Held positions as assistant State auditor and state budget director.
- Was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
- Involved in a notable altercation with Congressman Adam Clayton Powell over a school construction bill rider related to segregation.
- Served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, with a break between terms.
- Did not sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto and supported the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and the 24th Amendment.
- Did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
- Passed away in Charleston, West Virginia, and was interred in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
- Has an elementary school named in his honor in Midwest City, Oklahoma.