Hastings Keith

Hastings Keith (November 22, 1915 – July 19, 2005) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

Hastings Keith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973
Preceded by	Donald W. Nicholson
Succeeded by	Gerry Studds
Constituency	9th district (1959–1963) 12th district (1963–1973)
Personal details
Born	(1915-11-22)November 22, 1915 Brockton, Massachusetts
Died	July 19, 2005(2005-07-19) (aged 89) Brockton, Massachusetts
Resting place	Union Cemetery Brockton, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Vermont Harvard University
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	Army Reserves
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	World War II Victory

Keith was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Brockton High School, Deerfield Academy, and the University of Vermont in 1938. He performed graduate work at Harvard University. He was a member of the faculty of the Boston University Evening College of Commerce.

In 1933, he was a student in the Citizens' Military Training Camps. He served as a battery officer in the Massachusetts National Guard. During the Second World War, he served in the United States Army with eighteen months' overseas service in Europe. Keith was a graduate of the Command and General Staff School, and was a colonel in the US Army Reserve. He was a salesman and later district manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society in Boston. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate, a partner in a general insurance firm in Brockton, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in 1956.

He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973). On April 19, 1974 President Nixon appointed Hastings Keith of Massachusetts as a Member of the Defense Manpower Commission. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress, but was a candidate for nomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress until he withdrew from the race. He died in Brockton on July 19, 2005. He was buried at Union Cemetery in Brockton.[1]