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Abraham Lincoln Keister

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Preceded by
  
Curtis Hussey Gregg

Role
  
U.S. representative

Resigned
  
March 3, 1917

Name
  
Abraham Keister

Alma mater
  
Otterbein College

Party
  
Republican Party

Political party
  
Republican

Education
  
Otterbein University


Born
  
September 10, 1852 Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania (
1852-09-10
)

Died
  
May 26, 1917, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, United States

Succeeded by
  
Edward Everett Robbins

Abraham Lincoln Keister (September 10, 1852 – May 26, 1917) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Abraham L. Keister was born in Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, in 1874. He studied law, was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio in 1878 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio. He moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1882, and engaged in the manufacture of coke. He organized the First National Bank of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, in 1889 and served continuously as its president for twenty-eight years. He organized the Scottdale Savings & Trust Co. in 1901, with which he was connected until the time of his death. He was a member of the Scottdale Board of Education for more than twenty years.

Keister was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916. He resumed his former business pursuits until he died at his home in Scottdale. Interment in Scottdale Cemetery.

References

Abraham Lincoln Keister Wikipedia