John Kean
U.S. Congressperson
1852 – 1914
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Who was John Kean?
John Kean was an American lawyer, banker and Republican Party politician from Elizabeth, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1899 to 1911 and served two separate terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1883 to 1885, and from 1887 to 1889. A member of the Kean family of politicians, his great-grandfather, John Kean, had been a delegate to the Continental Congress for South Carolina, his brother was US Senator Hamilton Fish Kean, his nephew was US Representative Robert Winthrop Kean and his great-nephew was Governor Thomas Kean.
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- Born
- Dec 4, 1852
Elizabeth - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia Law School
- Yale University
- Lived in
- Elizabeth
- Died
- Nov 4, 1914
Elizabeth
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on July 23, 2013
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