Background
Keith, Hastings was born on November 22, 1915 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roger and Carolyn (Hastings) Keith.
United States representative politician
Keith, Hastings was born on November 22, 1915 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Roger and Carolyn (Hastings) Keith.
Bachelor of Science, University Vermont, 1938. Postgraduate, Harvard University. Postgraduate, Boston University.
He performed graduate work at Harvard University. In 1933, he was a student in the Citizens Military Training Camps. He served as battery officer in Massachusetts National Guard.
During the Second World War served in the United States Army with eighteen months overseas service in Europe.
Keith was a graduate of the Command and General Staff School, and was a colonel in the United States Army Reserve. He was a salesman and later district manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society in Boston.
He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress, but was a candidate for nomination in 1992 to the One 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.
Member Republican Task Force on Energy and Resources. Served with United States National Guard, 1939-1942. Served to major Army of the United States, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Colonel Reserve retired. Member National Planning Association (committee on public employee pensions), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Masons, Sigma Phi. Clubs: Capitol Hill (Washington).
Union (Boston); Quissett Yacht (Massachusetts).
Married Louise Harriman, August 31, 1943 (deceased). Children: Helen Keith, Carolyn Keith Silvia. Married second Frances Bland Jackson (deceased).