Researching Frank Keefe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1292 people with the Keefe surname? In that year Keefe was ranked number 2335 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Keefe on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Keefe and the Keefe Family Tree
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Keefe Genealogy Databases
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Frank Bateman Keefe
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 reelected to the succeeding five congresses, serving from January 3, 1939 until January 3, 1951. He was on the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. He retired from the United States Congress after serving six terms. After Congress he resumed his law practice. He died in Neenah, Wisconsin on February 5, 1952. He is interred at Lakeview Memorial Park, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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