Roger A. Keats
Roger A. Keats is an American politician and businessman.
Keats was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the United States Army from 1972 to 1974. He received his bachelor's degree from University of Michigan. He worked in the bank business and started Gallatan National a construction and civil engineer business. He lived in Wilmette, Illinois. At various points in his early career, Keats was a teacher and a legislative assistant in Washington D.C.. He also served as the Republican campaign coordinator in Northern Illinois during 1972 general election. Keats served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1976 to 1979 and was a Republican. He then served in the Illinois Senate from 1979 to 1993. In the 1992 general election, Keats lost the Republican-friendly 29th district to Democratic State Representative Grace Mary Stern.
In 1995, he was appointed to the Illinois International Port District by Governor Jim Edgar. In 2010, Keats was the Republican nominee for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. In 2013, Keats and his wife moved to Dripping Springs, Texas.
