Russell W. Keeney

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Russell W. Keeney

Russell Watson Keeney (born December 29, 1897 in Pittsfield , Illinois , †  January 11, 1958 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . In 1957 and 1958 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Russell Keeney attended public schools in Naperville and then studied at DePaul University in Chicago . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1919, he began to work in Naperville in this profession. In 1920 he became a justice of the peace in Lisle . From 1924 he was there town clerk . He was assistant prosecutor until 1935 and then from 1936 to 1939 the actual prosecutor in DuPage County . From 1940 to 1952 he was a district judge there. He then served as a judge in the 16th judicial district of his state until 1956.

Politically, Keeney joined the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1956 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th  constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded the late Chauncey W. Reed on January 3, 1957 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his death on January 11, 1958.

Web links

  • Russell W. Keeney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Keeney, Russell W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keeney, Russell Watson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsfield , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1958
Place of death Bethesda , Maryland