Oscar Edward Keller was a Representative from Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

; born in Helenville, Wisconsin

Helenville, Wisconsin

Helenville is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 249 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Helenville is located at ....

; attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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; moved to Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 in 1901 and settled in St. Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

; employed as a billing clerk and later engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the city council of St. Paul 1910 – 1914; city commissioner 1914 – 1919; commissioner of public utilities from 1914 until July 1, 1919; elected as an Independent Republican

Republican Party of Minnesota

The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:...

 to the 66th congress

66th United States Congress

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 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Carl Van Dyke

Carl Van Dyke

Carl Chester Van Dyke, was an American soldier, lawyer and politician from Minnesota.He was born in Alexandria and attended the local public schools there. He taught primary school classes in surrounding Douglas County from 1899 to 1901. Later that year, he volunteered for the U.S...

; reelected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 to the 67th

67th United States Congress

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, 68th

68th United States Congress

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, and 69th congresses

69th United States Congress

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 and served from July 1, 1919, to March 3, 1927; chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (68th and 69th congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; engaged in the real estate business; died in St. Paul, Minnesota; interment in Elmhurst Cemetery.