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Richard Keese
Richard
Keese
was a U.S. Representative from
New York
.
Born
in Peru
Town
,
Clinton County, New York
, Keese attended the
common schools
and
Keeseville Academy
. He
engaged
in
agricultural
pursuits.
Keese was elected as a
Jacksonian
to the
Twentieth Congress
.
He engaged in
auctioneering
.
He served as
judge
of the
Clinton County
court of common pleas
in
1835
and 1836.
He
died
in
Keeseville, New York
, on
February 7
,
1883
. He was interred in
Evergreen Cemetery
.