Richard Keese Explained

Richard Keese
State:New York
Term Start:March 4, 1827
Term End:March 3, 1829
Predecessor:Henry H. Ross
Successor:Isaac Finch
Birth Date:23 November 1794
Birth Place:Peru, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Keeseville, New York, U.S.
Resting Place:Evergreen Cemetery
Party:Jacksonian
Profession:Politician, jurist

Richard Keese (November 23, 1794 – February 7, 1883) was an American jurist and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1827 to 1829.

Biography

Born in Peru (now AuSable) Town, Clinton County, New York, Keese attended the common schools and Keeseville Academy. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Congress

Keese was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829).

Later career and death

He engaged in auctioneering.

He served as judge of the Clinton County court of common pleas in 1835 and 1836.

He died in Keeseville, New York, on February 7, 1883. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.