Richard Kelly (politician)

Richard Kelly ( born July 31, 1924 in Atlanta, Georgia; † August 22, 2005 in Stevensville, Montana ) was an American politician. Between 1975 and 1981 he represented the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Richard Kelly attended the public schools in Crystal Springs (Florida ) and thereafter until 1946, the High School in Zephyrhills. In between, he served from 1942 to 1946 during the Second World War in the Marine Corps. After high school, Kelly attended other schools in Colorado and Tennessee. After studying law and its made ​​in 1952 admitted to the bar he began in Zephyrhills to work in his new profession. From 1956 to 1959 he was on the staff of the United States Attorney for the Southern Florida. Between 1960 and 1974, Judge Kelly was in the sixth Judicial District of Florida.

Politically, Kelly member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1974 he was in the fifth electoral district of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat Bill Gunter on January 3, 1975. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1981 three legislative periods. In 1980, Kelly was involved in the Abscam scandal, which cost him the re- nomination of his party. He was accused of accepting $ 25,000 bribe. For this he was sentenced to 13 months in prison. This also meant the end of his political career. He died on 22 August 2005 in Stevensville.