Representative James Nicholas Kehoe

James Nicholas Kehoe served as a Representative from Kentucky in the United States Congress from 1901 to 1905. A member of the Democratic Party, James Nicholas Kehoe contributed to the legislative process during 2 terms in office.

James Nicholas Kehoe’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, James Nicholas Kehoe participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

James Nicholas Kehoe (July 15, 1862, in Maysville, Kentucky – June 16, 1945, in Cincinnati, Ohio) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Kehoe was born in Maysville, Kentucky and attended public and private schools. He engaged in the printing business until 1884, and studied law in Louisville, Kentucky before being admitted to the bar on November 1, 1888, and engaged in practice in Maysville. He served as precinct, county, and district chairman of the Democratic executive committee, and the city attorney of Maysville. He also served as master in chancery of the Mason County Circuit Court. Kehoe was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress. He then served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912, and as vice president of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association and of the Burley Tobacco Growers’ Cooperation Association. He also engaged in banking and served as president of the Kentucky Bankers’ Association. Kehoe died in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 16, 1945 and was interred in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Kentucky.