Anson Foster Keeler (September 22, 1887 – September 29, 1943) was a Republican

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from 1933 to 1935, and

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, from 1927 to 1931. He served in the

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from the 26th district in 1931.

Biography

Keeler was born on September 22, 1887, in

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. He was the son of John Foster Keeler and Mary Gazetta Foster. He was a descendant of Ralph Keeler, one of the founding settlers of Norwalk. He served in the U.S. Army during

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. He died on September 29, 1943, at the Veterans Hospital in

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Memberships

* Freemasons, Shriners, Elks, Moose, and Redmen

References

1887 births 1943 deaths United States Army personnel of World War I American Congregationalists Connecticut comptrollers Republican Party Connecticut state senators Mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut Politicians from Brooklyn United States Army soldiers 20th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly {{Connecticut-mayor-stub