district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded term_start article_title state name restingplace
ohio 5 5th john s. snook 13 october 1917 maumee , ohio ottawa , ohio republican march 3 , 1917 timothy t. ansberry march 4 , 1915 nelson e. matthews
 ohio nelson edwin matthews fort meigs cemetery , perrysburg , ohio
nelson e. matthews

nelson edwin matthews -lrb- april 14 , 1852 - october 13 , 1917 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in ottawa , ohio , matthews attended the public schools .
he engaged in banking , mercantile , and manufacturing pursuits in ottawa .
he served as delegate to the republican national convention in 1908 .
he served as delegate to the fourth state constitutional convention in 1912 .
matthews was elected as a republican to the sixty-fourth congress -lrb- march 4 , 1915-march 3 , 1917 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the sixty-fifth congress .
he died in maumee , ohio , on october 13 , 1917 .
he was interred in fort meigs cemetery , perrysburg , ohio .
