Thomas Deitz McKeown
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's4th district
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by	William H. Murray
Succeeded by	Joseph C. Pringey
In office March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	Joseph C. Pringey
Succeeded by	Percy Lee Gassaway
Personal details
Born	June 4, 1878 (1878-06-04) Blackstock, South Carolina, United States
Died	October 22, 1951 (1951-10-23) (aged 73) Ada, Oklahoma
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Anna Jane Sanders McKeown
Alma mater	Cornell University
Profession	Attorney, judge, politician, farmer, oil producer

Thomas Deitz McKeown (June 4, 1878 – October 22, 1951) was aU.S. Representative fromOklahoma.

Born inBlackstock, South Carolina, McKeown was the son of Theodore B. and Nannie B. Robinson McKeown. He attended the common schools, studied under a private tutor and attended lectures atCornell University,Ithaca, New York, in 1898. On January 9, 1902, he married Anna Jane Sanders.^[1]

Admitted to the bar in 1899, McKeown began practice inMalvern, Arkansas. He moved to Ada, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in 1901 and resumed the practice of law. He was appointed a member of the first State bar commission and elected president in 1909. He served as judge of the seventh district of Oklahoma from 1910 to 1914, and as presiding judge of the fifth division of theOklahoma Supreme Court Commission in 1915 and 1916.^[2]

McKeown was elected as aDemocrat to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1917 to March 3, 1921. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress, Mckeown was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1923 to January 3, 1935.^[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934.

For the years 1935 and 1936, McKeown moved toChicago, Illinois, and resumed the practice of law. He returned toAda, Oklahoma, in 1937 and engaged in farming and oil production. He served as a delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1942 and as county attorney ofPontotoc County, Oklahoma, from April 1, 1946, to January 1, 1947. He was appointed county judge in 1947 and elected in 1948 and again in 1950 and served until his death.

McKeown died inAda, Oklahoma, on October 22, 1951 (age 73 years, 140 days). He isinterred at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Oklahoma.^[4]

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• Thomas D. McKeown Collection andPhotograph Series at theCarl Albert Center
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• Politicians from Ada, Oklahoma
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Supreme Court commissioners
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