Thomas E. Keane

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Thomas E. Keane (September 29, 1905 - September 9, 1996) was an American politician.

Early life[]

Thomas Keane was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received his law degree from Loyola University Chicago and practiced law in Chicago. He served in the Illinois Senate from 1935 to 1945.[1]

Chicago City Council[]

Mr. Keane served as the alderman of the 31st Ward of the City of Chicago. The son of alderman Thomas P. Keane and a member of the Democratic Party, he took his father's seat in the Chicago City Council in 1945, and represented part of the city's Northwest Side. Keane was once considered the second-most powerful politician in the city, exceeded only by his close personal ally Mayor Richard J. Daley.[2] Mr. Keane's political career ended in 1974 with a federal conviction on mail-fraud and conspiracy charges related to real estate deals.

The United States Supreme Court subsequently held unconstitutional the portion of the mail-fraud law under which Mr. Keane was found guilty.[3]

On October 2, 1996, the former alderman was posthumously honored for his "long distinguished career in the service of his community" by the full city council led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, the son of his late ally.[4]

Death[]

Mr. Keane died, on September 9, 1996, at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, in Chicago, from heart failure, three weeks shy of his 91st birthday.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1943-1944,' Biographical Sketch of Thomas E. Keane, pg. 410-411
  2. ^ Chicago Sun-Times: Former Ald. Thomas E. Keane (1996)
  3. ^ Chicago Sun-Times: Former Ald. Thomas E. Keane (1996)
  4. ^ 'http://chicityclerk.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/document_uploads/journals-proceedings/1996/100296.pdf
  5. ^ 'https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-09-11-9609110047-story.html


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