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Hamilton F. Kean

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American politician

Hamilton F. Kean


United States Senator fromNew Jersey
In office March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	Edward I. Edwards
Succeeded by	A. Harry Moore

Personal details
Born	Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-02-27)February 27, 1862 Elizabeth, New Jersey, US
Died	December 27, 1941(1941-12-27) (aged 79) New York City, US
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Katharine Taylor Winthrop (m. 1888)
Relations	Caleb O. Halsted (grandfather) John Kean (brother)
Children	John Kean Robert Winthrop Kean
Parent(s)	John Kean Lucinetta Halsted
Education	St. Paul's School

Hamilton Fish Kean (February 27, 1862 – December 27, 1941)^[1] was aU.S. Senator fromNew Jersey.^[2]

Early life

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Kean was the son of Lucy (née Halsted) and Col.John Kean. He was related to several prominent American politicians including his great-grandfatherJohn Kean (1756–1795), his brotherJohn Kean (1852–1914). His maternal grandfather wasCaleb O. Halsted, president of theBank of the Manhattan Company. He was named after his great-uncleHamilton Fish.^[2]

Kean was born at "Ursino", his ancestral estate nearElizabeth, New Jersey. He attended the public schools of Elizabeth, graduated fromSt. Paul's School,Concord, New Hampshire.^[2]

Career

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Kean engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits. In 1893, along with Robert V. Van Cortlandt he formed the investment firm of Kean & Van Cortlandt, which later became Kean, Taylor & Co.^[1]

From 1919 to 1928, Kean was a member of theRepublican National Committee. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination forUnited States Senator in1924 and was elected to the Senate in1928, serving a single six-year term before afailed re-election bid, losing to former GovernorA. Harry Moore.^[1]

After his political career, he worked in banking until his death in 1941.^[2] Kean was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Commercial Title and Mortgage Guarantee Company, the Associated Company, the Lawyers Title Guarantee Company of New Jersey, and the Plainfield-Union Water Company^[1]

Personal life

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On January 12, 1888, Kean was married to Katharine Taylor Winthrop (1866–1943).^[1] Katharine was the daughter of bankerRobert Winthrop andKatherine (née Taylor) Winthrop and the sister ofBeekman Winthrop, who served asAsst. Secretary of the Navy andAsst. Secretary of the Treasury. The Winthrops were descendantants ofJohn Winthrop, the Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in the founding of theMassachusetts Bay Colony. Together, they were the parents of:^[1]

John Kean (1888–1949)^[3]
Robert Winthrop Kean (1893–1980),^[4] who marriedElizabeth Stuyvesent Howard (1898–1988).

Kean died on December 27, 1941, atSt. Luke's Hospital inNew York City.^[1] After a funeral atGrace Church in New York,^[5] he was interred inGreen-Wood Cemetery inBrooklyn.^[2]

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g"EX-SENATOR KEAN OF NEW JERSEY DIES; Banker and Republican Leader of Century Served Term in Washington, 1928-34 DEFEATED BY A.H. MOORE Member National Committee, 1916-28, Aided Nomination of Charles Evans Hughes".The New York Times. 28 December 1941. Retrieved2 April 2018.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e"KEAN, Hamilton Fish - Biographical Information".bioguide.congress.gov.Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved2 April 2018.
^"JOHN KEAN, BANKER IN NEW JERSEY, 60; President of National State in Elizabeth, a Leader in Utilities Field, Dies".The New York Times. 25 October 1949. Retrieved2 April 2018.
^Cook, Joan (24 September 1980)."Robert W. Kean, 86; Formerly in House; Jersey Republican Won Reputation as Expert on Social Security".New York Times. Retrieved11 January 2015.Robert Winthrop Kean, a former United States Representative and for years a leading figure in Republican politics in New Jersey, died Sunday in St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J., from a heart attack. He was 86 years old and lived in Livingston.
^"DIED".The New York Times. 29 December 1941. Retrieved2 April 2018.

External links

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United States Congress."Hamilton F. Kean (id: K000026)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. Senate
Preceded by Edward I. Edwards	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from New Jersey 1929–1935	Succeeded by A. Harry Moore
Party political offices
Preceded by Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr.	Republican Nominee for the U.S. Senate (Class 1) fromNew Jersey 1928,1934	Succeeded by W. Warren Barbour

v t e United States senators from New Jersey
Class 1	Elmer Rutherfurd Davenport Schureman Ogden Condit Lambert Wilson Southard McIlvaine Bateman Dickerson Southard W. Dayton R. F. Stockton Thomson Field J. Wall Wright F. T. Frelinghuysen J. Stockton Randolph Sewell Blodgett J. Smith J. Kean Martine J. Frelinghuysen Edwards H. Kean Moore Milton Barbour Walsh A. Smith Williams Brady Lautenberg Corzine Menendez Helmy Kim
Class 2	Paterson Dickinson F. Frelinghuysen R. Stockton J. Dayton Kitchell Condit Dickerson T. Frelinghuysen G. Wall Miller Wright Ten Eyck J. Stockton Cattell F. T. Frelinghuysen McPherson Sewell Dryden Briggs Hughes Baird Edge Baird Jr. Morrow Barbour Smathers Hawkes Hendrickson Case Bradley Torricelli Lautenberg Chiesa Booker

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