Background
Keefe, Frank Bateman was born on September 23, 1887 in Winneconne, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Thomas F. and Kathryn (Forscythe) Keefe.
Keefe, Frank Bateman was born on September 23, 1887 in Winneconne, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Thomas F. and Kathryn (Forscythe) Keefe.
Born in Winneconne, Wisconsin, he graduated from what is today the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, in 1906 and was a school teacher in Viroqua, Wisconsin for two years.
In 1938, he was elected as the representative of Wisconsin"s 6th congressional district to the Seventy-sixth United States Congress and subsequently reelected to the succeeding five congresses serving from January 3, 1939 till January 3, 1951. He was on the Congressional committee investigating the attack on Pearl Harbor. He retired from the United States Congress after serving six terms.
After Congress he resumed his law practice and died in Neenah, Wisconsin on February 5, 1952.
He is interred at Lakeview Memorial Park, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Member American and Wisconsin bar associations. Mason (32°, Shriner). Elk. Eagle.
Married Mildred Virginia Steele. Children: Virginia (Mistress Charles F. Nolan), Jean Mary (Mistress Edwin Rosten), Bateman.