Raymond S. McKeough

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Raymond Stephen McKeough (born April 29, 1888 in Chicago , Illinois , †  December 16, 1979 there ) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1943 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Raymond McKeough attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1895 the De La Salle Institute , also in Chicago. Between 1905 and 1909 he worked at Union Stock Yards , where the meat produced in the slaughterhouses was packaged and delivered. From 1909 to 1925 he was employed by a railway company. From 1925 to 1934 he was also involved in the investment industry and in the stock business. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In July 1940 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a second re-election.

In the 1934 congressional election , McKeough was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded PH Moynihan on January 3, 1935 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1943 . By 1941, further New Deal laws were passed there by the federal government under President Roosevelt. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1942, Raymond McKeough waived another candidacy for the US House of Representatives. Instead, he ran for a seat in the US Senate , but was defeated by the Republican incumbent Charles W. Brooks . Between February 1943 and January 1944 he was employed by the Office of Price Administration in Chicago. Between 1945 and 1950 he was a member of the United States Maritime Commission ; from 1951 to 1953 he was the Federal Commissioner for International Claims ( International Claims Commission of the United States ). In 1956 he worked in Chicago for Great American Oil Co. Between 1956 and 1960 he served in the administration of the Chicago Criminal Attorney's Office. After that, he retired. Raymond McKeough died on December 16, 1979.

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personal data
SURNAME McKeough, Raymond S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McKeough, Raymond Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1979
Place of death Chicago , Illinois