Edwin W. Keightley, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edwin W. Keightley

American politician

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1843

Date of Death: 04-May-1926

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Edwin W. Keightley

  • Edwin William Keightley (August 7, 1843 – May 4, 1926) was a politician from the U.S.
  • state of Michigan. Keightley was born on a farm near Scott in Lagrange County, Indiana.
  • His parents, Peter L.
  • and Elizabeth (Winter) Keightly, emigrated from Lincolnshire, England; the former in 1831, and the latter in 1828.
  • They settled on the farm in Van Buren township in 1836, and soon after they were married.
  • Keightley attended the local common schools, Lagrange Academy, and Valparaiso Collegiate Institute.
  • He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1865 and was admitted to the bar.
  • He commenced practice at White Pigeon, Michigan, several miles northwest of his family home in Scott.
  • While practicing law, he was also editor of the White Pigeon Republican, a staunch advocate of Republican Party views and policy. In 1867, Keightley moved to Constantine, Michigan, and entered into a law partnership with Judge S.
  • C.
  • Coffinberry, which ended in 1869, on amicable terms.
  • He was married on July 14, 1868, to Mary Mitchell, the daughter of Thomas Mitchell, a long-time resident of Constantine, and closely identified with its manufacturing and material interests. In 1872, he was elected prosecuting attorney of St.
  • Joseph County, serving until January 21, 1874 when he was appointed by Michigan Governor John J.
  • Bagley to be judge of the 15th circuit court of Michigan, comprising the counties of St.
  • Joseph and Branch County.
  • He was elected to the position in the spring of 1875. In 1876, he was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 4th congressional district to the 45th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1879. Keightley was appointed by U.S.
  • President Rutherford B.
  • Hayes as the Third Auditor of the United States Treasury Department and served from April 30, 1879 to April 30, 1885, when he resigned.
  • He resumed the practice of his profession in Chicago, Illinois.
  • He moved to Constantine, Michigan, in 1899 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there.
  • He was interred in Constantine Cemetery.

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