Joseph C. Keech
{{Short description|American politician (1833–1915)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joseph C. Keech
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| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district = Chester County
| term_start = 1870
| term_end = 1872
| predecessor = James M. Phillips, Stephen M. Meredith, Archimedes Robb
| successor = Levi Prizer and Elisha W. Baily
| alongside = James C. Roberts, Abel Darlington, Levi Prizer, Samuel H. Hoopes
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1833|5|5}}
| birth_place = Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1915|3|24|1833|5|5}}
| death_place = West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| resting_place = Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery
Coatesville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| party = Republican
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| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|train conductor}}
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Joseph C. Keech (May 5, 1833 – March 24, 1915) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1870 to 1872.
Early life
Career
Keech was a conductor of the Pennsylvania Railroad.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times-joseph-c-ke/137111813/ |title=Joseph C. Keech |date=1915-03-25 |newspaper=Chester Times |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}
Keech was a Republican. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1870 to 1872.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page= |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}} In 1903, he ran for Pennsylvania Senate, but lost.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-candidates-for/137111975/ |title=Candidates for Senator |date=1903-10-04 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}
Personal life
His daughter Jessie R. married John Rogers of Philadelphia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-west-chester/137111897/ |title=West Chester |date=1897-07-04 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=38 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}} He lived in Coatesville.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofchester00heat/page/84/mode/2up |title=A History of Chester County Pennsylvania |editor-last=Heathcote |editor-first=C. W. |publisher=National Historical Association, Inc. |year=1932 |page=84 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}
Keech died of dropsy on March 24, 1915, at Homeopathic Hospital in West Chester. He was interred at Hephzibah Baptist Church Cemetery in Coatesville.
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Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania Railroad people
Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:20th-century Pennsylvania politicians
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly