Michael O'Keefe (Louisiana politician)
| Michael Hanley O'Keefe, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from Orleans Parish | |
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In office 1960–1983 |
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| Succeeded by | Ben Bagert |
| President of the Louisiana State Senate | |
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In office 1976–1983 |
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| Preceded by | (ex officio as Lieutenant Governor) |
| Succeeded by | Samuel B. Nunez, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1932 (age 84–85) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jean V. O'Keefe |
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Grandfather Arthur J. O'Keefe |
| Children |
Including: |
| Parents | Arthur J. and Eleonora O'Keefe |
| Residence | Federal Prison in Beaumont, Texas |
| Alma mater | Loyola University New Orleans Law School |
| Occupation | Disbarred lawyer |
Grandfather Arthur J. O'Keefe
Including:
Michael H. O'Keefe, Jr.
Michael Hanley O'Keefe, Sr. (born c. 1932), is an imprisoned and disbarred lawyer who served in the Louisiana State Senate from Orleans Parish from 1960 to 1983.
Reared in a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent, O'Keefe is the grandson of Mayor Arthur J. O'Keefe, Sr., of New Orleans, a businessman who served from 1926 to 1929, upon the death of Mayor Martin Behrman. O'Keefe's middle name is derived from his paternal great-grandmother, Sarah Hanley. His parents were Arthur, Jr. (born 1901), and Eleonora O'Keefe. His father was a lawyer and a state senator from New Orleans for an abbreviated term from 1948 to 1950. The O'Keefes lived at 1204 St. Andrew Street in New Orleans. His older siblings include Arthur III (c. 1925-1996), an interior designer, Patrick Gordon O'Keefe (born c. 1927), a U.S. Navy submarine engineer, and Eleonora M. O'Keefe Ibert (born c. 1929), later of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1955, O'Keefe obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University in New Orleans.
O'Keefe was among the Louisiana delegation to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which was headed by Governor John McKeithen. Many of the biggest political names in the state party attended the convention, which nominated Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to carry the banner against Richard M. Nixon, with a third choice, George Wallace, former governor of Alabama running as the American Independent Party nominee.
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