David M. Kelly

David Marsh Kelly (born February 11, 1841; disappeared January 21, 1916) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was the 29th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and also served two years in the Wisconsin Senate (1880, 1881), representing Brown County. He disappeared mysteriously in 1916 and was never heard from again.

Early years Kelly was born on February 11, 1841, in Hamilton, Massachusetts. After serving with the Union Army during the American Civil War, he moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1867 before settling in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the following year.

Legislative career After having been a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1877 and 1878, Kelly was Speaker of the Assembly in 1879. From 1880 to 1881, he represented the 2nd District in the Senate. He was a Republican. He was not found despite an intensive search, including hired detectives, and in September of that year members of his Civil War regiment discussed his disappearance at their annual reunion.