claim: The Book of Mormon predated the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
evidence: Richard Keese -LRB- November 23 , 1794 -- February 7 , 1883 -RRB- was a U.S. Representative from New York .. U.S. Representative. United States House of Representatives. New York. New York ( state ). Born in Peru -LRB- now Au Sable -RRB- Town , Clinton County , New York , Keese attended the common schools and Keeseville Academy .. New York. New York ( state ). Au Sable. Au Sable, New York. Keeseville Academy. Keeseville Academy. He engaged in agricultural pursuits .. Keese was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress -LRB- March 4 , 1827 -- March 3 , 1829 -RRB- .. Twentieth. 20th United States Congress. He engaged in auctioneering .. He served as judge of the Clinton County court of common pleas in 1835 and 1836 .. He died in Keeseville , New York , on February 7 , 1883 .. New York. New York ( state ). He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery .