LC control no. | n 88002901 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975 |
Birth date | 19000518 |
Death date | 19750505 |
Place of birth | Lima (N.Y.) |
Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
Affiliation | United States. Army United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate New York (State). Court of Appeals |
Profession or occupation | Ambassadors Lawyers Legislators--United States |
Found in | His Government of the people, c1964: t.p. (Senator Kenneth B. Keating) Members of Congress since 1789 (Keating, Kenneth Barnard; May 18, 1900-May 5, 1975) Biographical Directory of the United States COngress, via WWW, September 13, 2013 (Keating, Kenneth Barnard (1900-1975); a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., May 18, 1900; attended the public schools; graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N.Y., in 1915, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., in 1919, and from Harvard Law School in 1923; admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Rochester, N.Y.; during the First World War served as a sergeant in the United States Army; during the Second World War served overseas and was promoted to brigadier general in 1948; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; elected to the United States Senate in 1958 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964; elected to New York State Court of Appeals in 1965; served until his resignation in 1969 to become United States Ambassador to India, 1969-1972; served as Ambassador to Israel from August 1973 until his death in New York City, May 5, 1975; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) |
Associated language | eng |