Walter Kehoe

James Walter Kehoe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
Personal details
Born	(1870-04-25)April 25, 1870 Eufaula, Alabama
Died	August 20, 1938(1938-08-20) (aged 68) Coral Gables, 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[]

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[]

State legislature[]

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[]

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[]

He died in Coral Gables, Florida, on August 20, 1938.^[1] He was interred in Graceland Park Cemetery, Miami, Florida.

References[]

• United States Congress. "Walter Kehoe (id: K000046)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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