Edward Keating
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's At-large (Seat B) district |
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In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Guy U. Hardy |
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July 9, 1875 Kansas City, Kansas |
| Died | March 18, 1965 (aged 89) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Edward Keating (July 9, 1875 – March 18, 1965) Colorado newspaper editor, U.S. Representative(1913–1919) from Colorado, advocate for better working conditions for the laboring class, as long time editor (1919–1953) of the newspaper Labor (jointly owned by several railroad unions) engaged in many political campaigns throughout the United States to elect union friendly legislators.
Edward (no middle name) Keating was born to Irish immigrants Stephen Keating, a widower, and Julia O’Connor Quinlan, a widow, on a small farm near Kansas City, MO. When his father died his mother moved with him to Pueblo,CO, Greeley,CO,and eventually Denver,CO, where he attended public school until he decided to quit school and look for work. He married Mrs. Margaret Sloan Medill, September 1, 1907, who died February 15, 1939. On May 3, 1941, he married Eleanor Mary Connolly (1889-1977). There were no children from either marriage. Keating died in Washington, D. C., March 18, 1965. He was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland. Religious affiliation was Roman Catholic.
Keating at age 14 became a copyholder on the Denver Republican. City editor of Denver Times 1902-1905. Editor Rocky Mountain News 1906-1911. Purchased the Pueblo (CO) Leader in 1912. President of the Denver Press Club 1905-1907. President of the International League of Press Clubs in 1906 and 1907.
Although Keating began his political career by being active in the Populist Party, by the mid 1890s he had joined the Democrats and remained a Democrat the rest of his life. He was City Auditor of Denver 1899-1901.In 1903 he was a member of the first convention elected to draft a charter for the city of Denver. During 1911-1913 he was President of the Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners.
Elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919). In the Sixty-fifth Congress, Keating was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. He was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection in 1918.
In 1916, along with Robert Owen, sponsored a bill called the Keating-Owen Act,which barred the interstate commerce of goods produced by children. Shortly after the act went into effect it was declared unconstitutional; nevertheless it is regarded as an historic landmark in the story of the regulation of child labor in the United States. Several states already had child labot laws but these varied widely. Although bills regulating child labor had been introduced in previous congressional sessions they didn't pass. The Keating-Owen bill was the first to become a law and thus became the first federal intervention in the tackling of the child labor problem. (Later many of the provisions of the Keating-Owen Act were incorporated into other labor legislation which was upheld by the Supreme Court.)
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