Richard Keese

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Richard Keese (November 23, 1794 - February 7, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Peru (now Ausable) Township, 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 (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829). He engaged in auctioneering. He served as judge of the Clinton County court of common pleas in 1835 and 1836. He died in Keeseville, Ausable Township, New York, February 7, 1883. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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• Richard Keese at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress