Abraham Lincoln Keister Explained

Abraham L. Keister
Image Name:	Abraham L. Keister (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg
Caption:	From Volume III of 1918's Old and New Westmoreland
State:	Pennsylvania
District:	22nd
Term Start:	March 4, 1913
Term End:	March 3, 1917
Preceded:	Curtis Hussey Gregg
Succeeded:	Edward Everett Robbins
Birth Date:	10 September 1852
Birth Place:	Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:	Scottdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:	Republican
Alma Mater:	Otterbein College

Abraham Lincoln Keister (September 10, 1852 – May 26, 1917) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Abraham L. Keister was born in Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio in 1874, he studied law, was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio in 1878, and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio.^{[3] [4]}

In 1882, he moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the manufacture of coke. Seven years later, he organized the First National Bank of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and served continuously as its president for twenty-eight years.^{[5] [6]}

In 1901, he organized the Scottdale Savings & Trust Co., and remained connected with this financial institution until his death. He also served as a member of the Scottdale Board of Education for more than twenty years.^{[7] [8]}

Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses, he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916, and resumed his former business pursuits until he died at his home in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, on May 26, 1917. He was interred in the Scottdale Cemetery.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Congress, retrieved online February 20, 2023.
2. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, December 2022.
3. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
4. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," The Political Graveyard.
5. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
6. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," The Political Graveyard.
7. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
8. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," The Political Graveyard.
9. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
10. "Keister, Abraham Lincoln," The Political Graveyard.