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After his Senate term, he served stints as U.S. Ambassador to India, where he had served in the war, and then [[Israel]]. Before his Senate term, he was from 1947 to 1959 the [[United States Representative]] for New York's since disbanded Rochester-based 40th congressional district. He was elected to the House in 1946 at the same time as [[Richard M. Nixon]] in [[California]] and John F. Kennedy in Massachusetts.<ref name=findagrave>Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessdate=July 16, 2021.</ref>

After his Senate term, he served stints as U.S. Ambassador to India, where he had served in the war, and then [[Israel]]. Before his Senate term, he was from 1947 to 1959 the [[United States Representative]] for New York's since disbanded Rochester-based 40th congressional district. He was elected to the House in 1946 at the same time as [[Richard M. Nixon]] in [[California]] and John F. Kennedy in Massachusetts.<ref name=findagrave>Kenneth Barnard Keating (1900-1975) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessdate=July 16, 2021.</ref>

During his House tenure, the moderate Keating took a more conservative approach regarding [[Cold War]] [[Communism|anticommunism]] and the fight against [[organized crime]]. Like most Republicans, he was a firm advocate of [[Segregation|desegregation]] and helped to end the Southern-led [[filibuster]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], which President Johnson signed into law; Senator Goldwater had voted against the legislation, an action which isolated him from the Moderate Republicans, particularly in the Northeast.<ref name=bio/>

During his House tenure, the moderate Keating took a more conservative approach regarding [[Cold War]] [[Communism|anticommunism]] and the fight against [[organized crime]]. He was one of forty-nine [[establishment]]-leaning House Republicans who voted against the resolution which re-enacted the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations during the 83rd Congress.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref>

 

Like most Republicans, he was a firm advocate of [[Segregation|desegregation]] and helped to end the Southern-led [[filibuster]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], which President Johnson signed into law; Senator Goldwater had voted against the legislation, an action which isolated him from the Moderate Republicans, particularly in the Northeast.<ref name=bio/>

After his Senate defeat in 1964,  Keating resumed his law practice and was elected in 1965 to the New York Court of Appeals, when [[John V. Lindsay]], another prominent Moderate Republican who later defected to the Democrats, was elected to the first of two terms as [[mayor]] of New York City.  He served on the bench until 1969, when he resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to India.<ref name=nycourts>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/history-legal-bench-court-appeals.html?http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-court-appeals/keating-kenneth.html |title=Biography of Kenneth Barnard Keating|author=Edward R. Korman and Abbott A. Leban|date=2007|publisher=Historical Society of the New York Courts in White Plains, New York}}</ref>.   

After his Senate defeat in 1964,  Keating resumed his law practice and was elected in 1965 to the New York Court of Appeals, when [[John V. Lindsay]], another prominent Moderate Republican who later defected to the Democrats, was elected to the first of two terms as [[mayor]] of New York City.  He served on the bench until 1969, when he resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to India.<ref name=nycourts>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/history-legal-bench-court-appeals.html?http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-court-appeals/keating-kenneth.html |title=Biography of Kenneth Barnard Keating|author=Edward R. Korman and Abbott A. Leban|date=2007|publisher=Historical Society of the New York Courts in White Plains, New York}}</ref>.