James Keogh (Wisconsin politician)
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James Keogh Jr. (April 26, 1850 – January 23, 1896) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He held varied local offices, including mayor of Sturgeon Bay, and served one two-year term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for Door County[1] in the 41st Wisconsin Legislature (1891–1893).
Keogh was born in Dublin, Ireland on April 26, 1850, son of James and Mary Keogh, and came with his parents to Canada in 1852, from there to Wisconsin in 1855, where the family settled in Forestville. He attended the common schools and the Oshkosh State Normal School, and became a lawyer and businessman. He moved to Sturgeon Bay in 1874.
Business activity
As of 1893, he was president of the Frankfort Land Company and of the W. O. Brown Manufacturing Company, secretary of the Sturgeon Bay Dock Company, a director of the Ahnapee and Western Railroad, and cashier of the Bank of Sturgeon Bay.