Frank Bateman Keefe

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Frank Bateman Keefe (born September 23, 1887 in Winneconne , Winnebago County , Wisconsin , †  February 5, 1952 in Neenah , Wisconsin) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1951 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Keefe attended the public schools of his home country and then the Oshkosh State Normal School until 1906 . In 1906 and 1907 he worked as a teacher in Viroqua . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission as a lawyer in 1910, he began to work in Oshkosh in his new profession. Keefe served as the prosecutor in Winnebago County between 1922 and 1928. He was also President of Oshkosh Bank .

Politically, Keefe was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1938 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Michael Reilly on January 3, 1939 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1951 . There, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government by 1941 . Between 1941 and 1945 the events of the Second World War also shaped the work of the Congress. Keefe saw the beginning of the Cold War in his final years in the US House of Representatives .

In 1950, Frank Keefe renounced another candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to work as a lawyer. He died on February 5, 1952 in Neenah and was buried in Oshkosh.

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SURNAME Keefe, Frank Bateman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Winneconne , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1952
Place of death Neenah , Wisconsin