James Nicholas Kehoe

James Nicholas Kehoe (born July 15, 1862 in Maysville , Kentucky , †  June 16, 1945 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1905 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Kehoe attended both public and private schools. He then worked in the printing business until 1884. After a subsequent law degree in Louisville and his license to practice law in 1888, he began to work in this profession in Maysville. Among other things, he was also the legal representative of his hometown. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . At county and district level he was a board member and at times chairman of his party.

In the 1900 congressional election , Kehoe was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Samuel Johnson Pugh on March 4, 1901 . After re-election in 1902, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1905 . In 1904 he was defeated by Republican Joseph B. Bennett . In 1912, Kehoe was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Woodrow Wilson was nominated as a presidential candidate. During this time, Kehoe was also active in the banking industry. He also became vice president of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association and the Burley Tobacco Growers' Cooperation Association . He was also President of the Kentucky Bankers Association. James Kehoe died in Cincinnati on June 16, 1945. He was buried in his native Maysville.

Web links

• James Nicholas Kehoe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Nicholas Kehoe in the database of Find a Grave (English)