Robert D. Bailey Jr.

Robert D. Bailey Jr.
Robert D. Bailey Jr.
21st Secretary of State of West Virginia
	In office; May 17, 1965 – January 13, 1969
Governor	Hulett C. Smith
Preceded by	Joe F. Burdett
Succeeded by	Jay Rockefeller
Personal details
Born	Robert Darias Bailey Jr.; October 12, 1912; Baileysville, West Virginia
Died	September 29, 1994 (aged 81); Princeton, West Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Jean Hickman (m. 1944)
Children	1
Education	Concord College; Washington & Lee University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1943–1946
Rank	Master sergeant
Battles/wars	World War II

Robert Darias Bailey Jr. (October 12, 1912 – September 29, 1994) was West Virginia Secretary of State from 1965 to 1969. He was a graduate of Concord College and Washington and Lee University School of Law.

Born in Baileysville, he was the son of Robert D. Bailey Sr. and Sue Starkey Bailey. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater. Admitted to the bar in 1934, he inherited his father's law practice, including representation of railroads and timber companies in southern West Virginia, based in his home town of Pineville. His own wide-ranging business involvements included the Castle Rock Bank of Pineville, Radio Station WWYO, the Independent Herald newspaper, and the Pineville Gas Company.

A Democrat, he was Wyoming County Prosecuting Attorney for a number of non-consecutive terms between 1943 and 1961. He was appointed West Virginia Secretary of State by Governor Hulett C. Smith on May 17, 1965, and was elected in 1966, serving until January 1969.^[1]^[2]

After Smith's term ended, Bailey returned to private practice in his home town of Pineville.

He died on September 29, 1994, in Princeton, West Virginia, and was survived by his wife Jean H. Bailey, his son Robert D. Bailey III, and his three grandchildren, Angela Sue Osborn, Robert Darias Bailey IV, and Micah Alexander Bailey. Bailey was an avid fisherman, gardener, and local philanthropist.^[3]

References

^ Myers, J. Howard, ed. (1967). West Virginia Blue Book 1967 (PDF). Charleston: Jarrett Printing Company. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
^ Theis, Paul A.; Henshaw, Edmund L. Jr., eds. (1967). Who's Who In American Politics (1st ed.). New York: R. R. Bowker Company. p. 28. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Robert D. Bailey Jr". Johnson City Press. October 1, 1994. p. 2. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

Legal offices
Preceded by Clarence Worrell	Prosecuting Attorney of Wyoming County, West Virginia 1953–1961	Succeeded by D. Grove Moler
Political offices
Preceded by Joe F. Burdett	Secretary of State of West Virginia 1965–1969	Succeeded by Jay Rockefeller

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[1] Myers, J. Howard, ed. (1967). West Virginia Blue Book 1967 (PDF). Charleston: Jarrett Printing Company. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

[2] Theis, Paul A.; Henshaw, Edmund L. Jr., eds. (1967). Who's Who In American Politics (1st ed.). New York: R. R. Bowker Company. p. 28. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Internet Archive.

[3] "Robert D. Bailey Jr". Johnson City Press. October 1, 1994. p. 2. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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