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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>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6010/kenneth-barnard-keating 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>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6010/kenneth-barnard-keating 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]]. 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>

During his House tenure, the moderate Keating took a more restrained 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> The resolution passed, and the subsequently enacted committee was named after it's chair, [[B. Carroll Reece]], and thus known as the '''[[Reece Committee]]'''. Its final report concluded that major foundations subverted American society towards left-wing ideologies.

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/>

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/>