Background
Keene was born Francis Bowler Keene on December 11, 1856 to Review David Keene and Susan Elizabeth (Bowler) Keene in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Keene was born Francis Bowler Keene on December 11, 1856 to Review David Keene and Susan Elizabeth (Bowler) Keene in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Harvard University.
From 1903 to 1905 he served as United States. Consul in Florence, Italy, and in Geneva, Switzerland from 1905 to 1915. He served as United States. Consul General in Zurich, Switzerland from 1915 to 1917, followed by Rome, Italy from 1917 to 1924. Aside from politics, he worked as an engineer, a coal sales agent, and a newspaper editors
Keene was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1899 to 1902.