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Kent Ellsworth Keller (June 4, 1867 – September 3, 1954) was a
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
Illinois
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.
Born on a farm near
Campbell Hill, Illinois, Keller attended the public schools in
Ava, Illinois. He was graduated from
Southern Illinois Normal University
Southern Illinois University (SIU or SIUC) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois. Founded in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. The university enrolls students from all 50 st ...
at Carbondale in 1890. He engaged as an editor and in the newspaper business in 1890 and 1891. He taught school in
Ava, Illinois, in 1893 and 1894, and at
Duckwater, Nevada, in 1884 and 1885. Founded the Ava Community High School in 1889 and 1890. He attended
Heidelberg University
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, Germany, in 1891 and 1892. He was graduated from St. Louis (Missouri) Law School in 1896. He was
admitted to the bar
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the same year and commenced practice in Ava, Illinois. He went to Mexico in 1899, where he later engaged in mining. He returned to Ava, Illinois, in 1912 and engaged in literary work. He served in the State senate from 1913 to 1917. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916.
Keller was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Seventy-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1941). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the
Seventy-seventh Congress and for election in 1942 to the
Seventy-eighth Congress and in 1944 to the
Seventy-ninth Congress. He engaged in literary work and lecturing. He served as special adviser to the United States Ambassador at Mexico City from June 1945 to August 1946. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1948 to the
Eighty-first Congress and in 1950 to the
Eighty-second Congress. He died in Ava, Illinois on September 3, 1954. He was interred in Ava Evergreen Cemetery.
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1867 births
1954 deaths
Democratic Party Illinois state senators
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
