Hastings Keith | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts | |
| In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Donald W. Nicholson |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Studds |
| Constituency | 9th district (1959–1963) 12th district (1963–1973) |
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| Born | (1915-11-22)November 22, 1915 |
| Died | July 19, 2005(2005-07-19) (aged 89) |
| Resting place | Union Cemetery Brockton, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Vermont Harvard University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service | United States Army United States Army Reserve |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |  World War II Victory |
Hastings Keith (November 22, 1915 – July 19, 2005) was aUnited States representative fromMassachusetts.
Keith was born inBrockton, Massachusetts on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Brockton High School,Deerfield Academy, and theUniversity of Vermont in 1938. He performed graduate work atHarvard University. He was a member of the faculty of theBoston University Evening College of Commerce.
In 1933, he was a student in theCitizens' Military Training Camps. He served as a battery officer in the MassachusettsNational Guard. During theSecond World War, he served in theUnited States Army with eighteen months' overseas service inEurope. Keith was a graduate of the Command and General Staff School, and was a colonel in theUS Army Reserve. He was a salesman and later district manager for theEquitable Life Assurance Society inBoston. He was a member of theMassachusetts Senate, a partner in a general insurance firm in Brockton, and was an unsuccessful candidate for theRepublican nomination for Congress in 1956.
He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973). On April 19, 1974, President Nixon appointed Hastings Keith of Massachusetts as a Member of the Defense Manpower Commission. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress, but was a candidate for nomination in 1992 to theOne Hundred Third Congress until he withdrew from the race. He died in Brockton on July 19, 2005. He was buried at Union Cemetery in Brockton.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 9th congressional district January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 12th congressional district January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 | Succeeded by |
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