John Kean | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Hon._John_Kean_bellcm.01399.jpg) Kean c. 1880s | |
| United States Senator from New Jersey | |
| In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | James Smith, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | James Edgar Martine |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Miles Ross |
| Succeeded by | Robert Stockton Green |
| In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Stockton Green |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 4, 1852 Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 1914 (aged 61) Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relations | Thomas Kean (grandnephew) John Kean (great-grandfather) Hamilton Fish Kean (brother) Robert Kean (nephew) Emlen Roosevelt (brother-in-law) |
| Parent(s) | John Kean Lucinetta Halsted |
| Alma mater | Yale College Columbia Law School |
| Profession | Politician |
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John Kean (December 4, 1852 – November 4, 1914)[1] was an American attorney, 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 U.S. Senator Hamilton Fish Kean, his nephew was U.S. Representative Robert Kean and his great-nephew was Governor Thomas Kean.[2]
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