Walter Kehoe
James Walter Kehoe | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | |
Preceded by | Emmett Wilson |
Succeeded by | John H. Smithwick |
Personal details | |
Born | John Walter Kehoe April 25, 1870 Eufaula, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | August 20, 1938 Coral Gables, Florida, U.S. | (aged 68)
Resting place | Graceland Memorial Park, Miami, Florida |
Political party | Democratic |
James Walter Kehoe (April 25, 1870 – August 20, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Florida for one term from 1917 to 1919.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Eufaula, Alabama, Kehoe attended the common schools. He moved to Florida in 1883. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and, being a minor, was authorized by a special act of the State legislature to commence practice in Milton, Florida.
Political career
[edit]State legislature
[edit]He served as a member of the State house of representatives in 1900 but resigned before the legislature convened. He served as a member of the Democratic congressional executive committee. State's attorney for the first judicial circuit of Florida 1900-1909.
Congress
[edit]Kehoe was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-sixth Congress in 1918. Again State's attorney from June 1925 until March 1926, when he resigned. He resumed the practice of law in Miami, Florida.
Death
[edit]He died in Coral Gables, Florida, on August 20, 1938.[1] He was interred in Graceland Park Cemetery, Miami, Florida.
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "Walter Kehoe (id: K000046)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "J. Walter Kehoe". New York Times. Associated Press. August 21, 1938. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
J. Walter Kehoe, former Representative in Congress, died in his sleep here early today. ...
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress