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Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975

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Personal name headingKeating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975
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Birth date19000518
Death date19750505
Place of birthLima (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationUnited States. Army
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Profession or occupationAmbassadors Lawyers Legislators--United States
Found inHis 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.)
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