Asa Keyes | |
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28th District Attorney of Los Angeles County | |
In office June 6, 1923 – December 3, 1928 | |
Preceded by | Thomas L. Woolwine |
Succeeded by | Buron Fitts |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilmington, California | August 9, 1877
Died | October 18, 1934 Los Angeles, California | (aged 57)
Resting place | Wilmington Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Lillian Samuels (m. 1903) |
Children |
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Education | University of Southern California |
Asa Keyes (August 9, 1877 – October 18, 1934) was district attorney of Los Angeles County, California from June 1923 until 1928, when he was found guilty of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Company and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. He was paroled in October 1931, then pardoned by Governor James Rolph in August 1933.[1]