Abraham Lincoln Keister

Abraham L. Keister
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917
Preceded by	Curtis Hussey Gregg
Succeeded by	Edward Everett Robbins
Personal details
Born	September 10, 1852 Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania
Died	May 26, 1917 (aged 64) Scottdale, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Otterbein College

Abraham Lincoln Keister (September 10, 1852 – May 26, 1917) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Abraham L. Keister was born in Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, in 1874. He studied law, was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio in 1878 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio. He moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1882, and engaged in the manufacture of coke. He organized the First National Bank of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, in 1889 and served continuously as its president for twenty-eight years. He organized the Scottdale Savings & Trust Co. in 1901, with which he was connected until the time of his death. He was a member of the Scottdale Board of Education for more than twenty years.

Keister was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916. He resumed his former business pursuits until he died at his home in Scottdale. Interment in Scottdale Cemetery.

Sources

• Abraham L. Keister at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard