Cleveland M. Bailey
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Cleveland Monroe Bailey (July 15, 1886 - July 13, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia.
Born on a farm near St. Marys, Pleasants County, W.Virginia, Bailey attended the public schools, and West Liberty State College, West Liberty, W.Virginia. He was graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1908. High school principal at Clarksburg, W.Virginia, in 1917 and 1918. He served as district supervisor of schools 1919-1922. Councilman of Clarksburg, W.Virginia from 1921 to 1923. Associated Press editor in Clarksburg, W.Virginia from 1923 to 1933. He served as assistant State auditor 1933-1941. State budget director 1941-1944. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1932.
Bailey was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. State tax statistician in 1947 and 1948.
Bailey was elected to the Eighty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1963). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress. He was a resident of Clarksburg, W.Virginia. He died in Charleston, W.Virginia, July 13, 1965. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Virginia.
