Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  John Kean (1756-1795) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,1756.Delegateto Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1785-87.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 4,1795 (ageabout 38years).Interment atSt.John's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Nicholas Fish (1848-1902) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toSwitzerland, 1877-81; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1882-85;banker;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1896.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Quarreled with Thomas J. Sharkey, a private detective, on the secondfloor of the Ehrhardt Brotherssaloon;Sharkeystruckhim, so that hefell downthe stairs into the street with a skull fracture; died the next day,without regaining consciousness, at RooseveltHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1902 (age54 years, 209days). Sharkey was later convicted of second-degreemanslaughterand sentenced to ten years in prison.Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.| |  Relatives: SonofHamiltonFish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); married to Clemence S. Smith-Bryce; fatherof Hamilton Fish (1874-1898; sergeant in the U.S. Volunteer CavalryRegiment, the "Rough Riders", in the Spanish-American war; killed inbattle); uncle ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); grandson ofNicholasFish (1758-1833); granduncle ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); great-grandnephew ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andPhilipPeter Livingston; great-granduncle ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; second great-grandson ofGilbertLivingston andPeterVan Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andJamesAlexander; third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson ofPieterStuyvesant andPieterVan Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler andJohannesde Peyster; first cousin ofJohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin once removed ofRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin thrice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707),DavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,JohannesDePeyster,CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; second cousin once removed ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,JohnJay,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),FrederickJay,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofMatthewClarkson,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson; third cousin once removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker,GuyVernor Henry andMontgomerySchuyler Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; fourth cousin ofJohnJacob Astor III,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,PhilipN. Schuyler,WilliamWaldorf Astor,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertReginald Livingston,BronsonMurray Cutting andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political families:Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary |
 | Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) — of Garrison,PutnamCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,April17, 1849.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Putnam County, 1874, 1876-79, 1889-91,1893-96;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1895-96; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1884,1896(alternate); New York Aqueduct Commissioner, 1886-88;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1909-11; defeated(Republican), 1910; Progressive candidate for Presidential Electorfor New York,1912.Died in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,January15, 1936 (age86 years, 273days).Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHamiltonFish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother ofNicholasFish (1848-1902); married,April28, 1880, to Emily Maria Mann; father ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); grandson ofNicholasFish (1758-1833); grandfather ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); great-grandfather ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; great-grandnephew ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andPhilipPeter Livingston; second great-grandson ofGilbertLivingston andPeterVan Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andJamesAlexander; third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson ofPieterStuyvesant andPieterVan Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler andJohannesde Peyster; first cousin ofJohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin once removed ofRobertWinthrop Kean; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andThomasHoward Kean; first cousin thrice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston andThomasHoward Kean Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707),DavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,JohannesDePeyster,CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; second cousin once removed ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright; second cousin twice removed ofJamesJay,JohnJay,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),FrederickJay,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofMatthewClarkson,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson; third cousin once removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker,GuyVernor Henry andMontgomerySchuyler Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; fourth cousin ofJohnJacob Astor III,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,PhilipN. Schuyler,WilliamWaldorf Astor,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertReginald Livingston,BronsonMurray Cutting andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political families:Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
| | John Kean (1852-1914) — of Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.; Union Township,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Union Township,UnionCounty, N.J.,December4, 1852.Republican.U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1883-85, 1887-89;candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1896,1904;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1899-1911.DiedNovember4, 1914 (age61 years, 335days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Hillside, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brotherofHamiltonFish Kean; uncle ofRobertWinthrop Kean; granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean; great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); great-grandnephew ofPhilipPeter Livingston; great-granduncle ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second great-grandson ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston andLewisMorris; second great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; third great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; third great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofNicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; first cousin four times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin once removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin twice removed ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,PhilipDePeyster andJamesParker; fourth cousin ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JohnJacob Astor III,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) — also known asHamilton F. Kean — of Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.Born in Union Township,UnionCounty, N.J.,February27, 1862.Republican.Banker;farmer;chair ofUnion County Republican Party, 1900; member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1916,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1940.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;Freemasons.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1941 (age79 years, 303days).Entombed atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brotherofJohnKean (1852-1914); married,January12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father ofRobertWinthrop Kean; grandfather ofThomasHoward Kean; great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); great-grandfather ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; great-grandnephew ofPhilipPeter Livingston; second great-grandson ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; third great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; third great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofNicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III,HenryBrockholst Livingston,HamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; first cousin four times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin once removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin twice removed ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,PhilipDePeyster andJamesParker; fourth cousin ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JohnJacob Astor III,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertReginald Livingston andBrockholstLivingston. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) — of Garrison,PutnamCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Garrison,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1888.Republican.Insurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Putnam County, 1914-16; served in the U.S.Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from New York 26th District, 1920-45; defeated,1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from NewYork,1928,1932,1940,1944;member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1936;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938;derided byFranklinRoosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republicanopponents of his New Deal policies.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Societyof the Cincinnati;Grange;FarmBureau.Died ofheartfailure, in Cold Spring,PutnamCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1991 (age102 years,42 days).Interment atSt.Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) and Emily Maria (Mann) Fish; married,September24, 1921, to Grace Chapin (daughter ofAlfredClark Chapin); married,June 22,1967, to Marie (Choubaroff) Blackton; married,October16, 1976, to Alice (Curtis) Desmond (widow ofThomasCharles Desmond); married1988 to LydiaAmbrogio; father ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); nephew ofNicholasFish (1848-1902); grandson ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); grandfather ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; great-grandson ofNicholasFish (1758-1833); second great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); second great-grandnephew ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andPhilipPeter Livingston; third great-grandson ofGilbertLivingston andPeterVan Brugh Livingston; third great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andJamesAlexander; fourth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724) andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson ofPieterStuyvesant andPieterVan Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew ofAbrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler andJohannesde Peyster; first cousin once removed ofJohnKean (1852-1914) andHamiltonFish Kean; first cousin thrice removed ofPhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707),DavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,JohannesDePeyster,CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; second cousin ofCharlesMann Hamilton andRobertWinthrop Kean; second cousin once removed ofThomasHoward Kean; second cousin twice removed ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesJay,JohnJay,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),FrederickJay,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,PhilipP. Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofMatthewClarkson,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin ofJonathanMayhew Wainwright; third cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,DavidEdgerton andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnJacob Astor III,GuyVernor Henry,HowardCurtis Brown,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andMontgomerySchuyler Jr.. | | | | Political families:Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "For God AndCountry." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Winthrop Kean (1893-1980) — also known asRobert W. Kean — of Livingston,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Elberon,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September28, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I;banker;elected (Wet)delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from EssexCounty 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1936,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1964;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1939-59; candidateforU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1958;chair ofEssex County Republican Party, 1961.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedSeptember21, 1980 (age86 years, 359days).Interment atSt.Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.| | Relatives: SonofHamiltonFish Kean and Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean; married,October18, 1920, to Elizabeth Stuyvesant Howard; father ofThomasHoward Kean; nephew ofJohnKean (1852-1914); grandfather ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; second great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); second great-grandnephew ofPhilipPeter Livingston; third great-grandson ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston; third great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; fourth great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler,Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofNicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin twice removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; second cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin four times removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish (1808-1893); fourth cousin once removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Thomas Howard Kean (b. 1935) — also known asThomas H. Kean;Tom Kean — of Livingston,EssexCounty, N.J.; Far Hills,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,April21, 1935.Republican. Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly, 1968-77 (District 11-F 1968-71,District 11-E 1972-73, 25th District 1974-77); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New Jersey,1968(alternate),2008,2012;Governorof New Jersey, 1982-90; defeated in primary, 1977.Episcopalian.Still living as of 2014.| | Relatives: SonofRobertWinthrop Kean; father ofThomasHoward Kean Jr.; grandson ofHamiltonFish Kean; grandnephew ofJohnKean (1852-1914); third great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); third great-grandnephew ofPhilipPeter Livingston; fourth great-grandson ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; fifth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; sixth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; sixth great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler,Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed ofNicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston; first cousin five times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin six times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin seven times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; second cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; second cousin five times removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); third cousin ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); third cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish andAlexaFish Ward; third cousin thrice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:BobFranks —DeborahT. Poritz | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books by Thomas H. Kean:Politicsof Inclusion (1988) |
| | Thomas Howard Kean Jr. (b. 1968) — also known asTom Kean, Jr. — of Westfield,UnionCounty, N.J.BornSeptember5, 1968.Republican. Aide to U.S. Rep.BobFranks; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly, 2001-03; member ofNewJersey state senate 21st District, 2003-; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 2006; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Jersey,2008.Still living as of 2014.| | Relatives: SonofThomasHoward Kean; grandson ofRobertWinthrop Kean; great-grandson ofHamiltonFish Kean; great-grandnephew ofJohnKean (1852-1914); fourth great-grandson ofJohnKean (1756-1795); fourth great-grandnephew ofPhilipPeter Livingston; fifth great-grandson ofPeterVan Brugh Livingston; fifth great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; sixth great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; sixth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; seventh great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; seventh great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler,Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofNicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston; first cousin six times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston,WalterLivingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin seven times removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston; second cousin twice removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); fourth cousin ofHamiltonFish andAlexaFish Ward. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Keanfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier |
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