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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ike_Shott
Hugh Ike Shott, a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., September 3, 1866; attended the Staunton public schools; apprenticed as a printer; later became a reporter and editorial writer; moved to Bluefield, W.Va., in 1893; served as a clerk in the railway mail service in 1895; became publisher and editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in 1896; postmaster of Bluefield 1903-1912; member of the West Virginia Semicentennial Commission in 1912 and 1913; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 and for election to the United States Senate in 1936; elected on November 3, 1942, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Matthew M. Neely and served from November 18, 1942, to January 3, 1943; was not a candidate for the full term; continued as editor and publisher of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph until his death in Bluefield, W.Va., October 12, 1953; interment in Monte Vista Cemetery.
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1866 |
September 3, 1866
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Staunton, Virginia, United States
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1953 |
October 12, 1953
Age 87
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Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, United States
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