Frank Bateman Keefe

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Frank Bateman Keefe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 6th district
In office
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951
Preceded byMichael Reilly
Succeeded byWilliam Van Pelt
Personal details
Born(1887-09-23)September 23, 1887
Winneconne, Wisconsin
DiedFebruary 5, 1952(1952-02-05) (aged 64)
Neenah, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan

Frank Bateman Keefe (September 23, 1887 – February 5, 1952), was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.

Born in Winneconne, Wisconsin, he graduated from what is today the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, in 1906 and was a school teacher in Viroqua, Wisconsin for two years. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1910 and practiced law in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, later serving as the district attorney for Winnebago County, Wisconsin from 1922 to 1926.

In 1938, he was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 6th congressional district to the Seventy-sixth United States Congress and subsequently reelected to the succeeding five congresses serving from January 3, 1939 till January 3, 1951. He was on the Congressional committee investigating the attack on Pearl Harbor. He retired from the United States Congress after serving six terms. After Congress he resumed his law practice and died in Neenah, Wisconsin on February 5, 1952. He is interred at Lakeview Memorial Park, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

External links

  • United States Congress. "Frank Bateman Keefe (id: K000041)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 6th congressional district

January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1951
Succeeded by