M. Keith Neville was a Nebraska

Nebraska

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 Democratic

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 politician

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 best known for being the 18th Governor

Governor of Nebraska

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 of Nebraska

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Biography

Keith Neville was born in North Platte, Nebraska

North Platte, Nebraska

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, and early on in life was a banker, rancher, and real estate seller. He was a member of the Freemasons, the elks

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

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, the Moose

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, the Odd fellows

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, and Phi Sigma Kappa

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, as well as a member of the Episcopal Church. For seventeen years, he was also coach of the North Platte High School football team.

He was nicknamed the "Boy Governor" for his youth.

As well as being elected as the governor of Nebraska from 1917 to 1919, he was a delegate to Democratic National Convention

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 from Nebraska in 1932.

He was a candidate for Nebraska U.S. Senator in 1954, but lost to Carl Curtis

Carl Curtis

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