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  John Kean (1756-1795) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., 1756. Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1785-87. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 4, 1795 (age about 38 years). Interment at St. John's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of James Kean and Jane (Watson) Kean; married to Susanna Livingston (daughter of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; sister-in-law of Nicholas Bayard; sister of Philip Peter Livingston; niece of Robert Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; aunt of Charles Ludlow Livingston; first cousin of Peter Robert Livingston, Walter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston); great-grandfather of Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton Fish Kean; second great-grandfather of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert Winthrop Kean; third great-grandfather of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean; fourth great-grandfather of Hamilton Fish, Alexa Fish Ward and Thomas Howard Kean Jr..
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Nicholas Fish (1848-1902) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 19, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Switzerland, 1877-81; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1882-85; banker; Republican Presidential Elector for New York, 1896. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Quarreled with Thomas J. Sharkey, a private detective, on the second floor of the Ehrhardt Brothers saloon; Sharkey struck him, so that he fell down the stairs into the street with a skull fracture; died the next day, without regaining consciousness, at Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 16, 1902 (age 54 years, 209 days). Sharkey was later convicted of second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in prison. Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); married to Clemence S. Smith-Bryce; father of Hamilton Fish (1874-1898; sergeant in the U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, the "Rough Riders", in the Spanish-American war; killed in battle); uncle of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); grandson of Nicholas Fish (1758-1833); granduncle of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); great-grandnephew of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Philip Peter Livingston; great-granduncle of Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; second great-grandson of Gilbert Livingston and Peter Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and James Alexander; third great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Pieter Stuyvesant and Pieter Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler and Johannes de Peyster; first cousin of John Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton Fish Kean; first cousin once removed of Robert Winthrop Kean; first cousin twice removed of Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Thomas Howard Kean; first cousin thrice removed of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III, Henry Brockholst Livingston and Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707), David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes DePeyster, Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright; second cousin twice removed of James Jay, John Jay, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick Jay, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Matthew Clarkson, Henry Cruger and Henry Rutgers; third cousin of Gilbert Livingston Thompson; third cousin once removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, James Parker, Guy Vernor Henry and Montgomery Schuyler Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Philip DePeyster; fourth cousin of John Jacob Astor III, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, James Alexander Hamilton, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker, Philip N. Schuyler, William Waldorf Astor, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert Reginald Livingston, Bronson Murray Cutting and Brockholst Livingston.
  Political families: Chapin-Fish family of New York City, New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
Hamilton Fish, Jr. Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) — of Garrison, Putnam County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 17, 1849. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Putnam County, 1874, 1876-79, 1889-91, 1893-96; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1895-96; delegate to Republican National 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 Elector for New York, 1912. Died in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., January 15, 1936 (age 86 years, 273 days). Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother of Nicholas Fish (1848-1902); married, April 28, 1880, to Emily Maria Mann; father of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); grandson of Nicholas Fish (1758-1833); grandfather of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); great-grandfather of Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; great-grandnephew of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Philip Peter Livingston; second great-grandson of Gilbert Livingston and Peter Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and James Alexander; third great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Pieter Stuyvesant and Pieter Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler and Johannes de Peyster; first cousin of John Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton Fish Kean; first cousin once removed of Robert Winthrop Kean; first cousin twice removed of Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Thomas Howard Kean; first cousin thrice removed of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III, Henry Brockholst Livingston and Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707), David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes DePeyster, Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright; second cousin twice removed of James Jay, John Jay, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick Jay, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Matthew Clarkson, Henry Cruger and Henry Rutgers; third cousin of Gilbert Livingston Thompson; third cousin once removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, James Parker, Guy Vernor Henry and Montgomery Schuyler Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Philip DePeyster; fourth cousin of John Jacob Astor III, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, James Alexander Hamilton, George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker, Philip N. Schuyler, William Waldorf Astor, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert Reginald Livingston, Bronson Murray Cutting and Brockholst Livingston.
  Political families: Chapin-Fish family of New York City, New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1896
  John Kean (1852-1914) — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J.; Union Township, Union County, N.J. Born in Union Township, Union County, N.J., December 4, 1852. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1883-85, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896, 1904; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1899-1911. Died November 4, 1914 (age 61 years, 335 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brother of Hamilton Fish Kean; uncle of Robert Winthrop Kean; granduncle of Thomas Howard Kean; great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); great-grandnephew of Philip Peter Livingston; great-granduncle of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; second great-grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Lewis Morris; second great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; third great-grandson of James Alexander; third great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; first cousin four times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson, Philip P. Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Henry Cruger and Henry Rutgers; third cousin once removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip DePeyster and James Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, John Jacob Astor III, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston and Brockholst Livingston.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Chapin-Fish family of New York City, New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) — also known as Hamilton F. Kean — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in Union Township, Union County, N.J., February 27, 1862. Republican. Banker; farmer; chair of Union County Republican Party, 1900; member of New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Freemasons. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303 days). Entombed at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brother of John Kean (1852-1914); married, January 12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father of Robert Winthrop Kean; grandfather of Thomas Howard Kean; great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); great-grandfather of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; great-grandnephew of Philip Peter Livingston; second great-grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; third great-grandson of James Alexander; third great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; first cousin four times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson, Philip P. Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Henry Cruger and Henry Rutgers; third cousin once removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip DePeyster and James Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, John Jacob Astor III, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Reginald Livingston and Brockholst Livingston.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Chapin-Fish family of New York City, New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) — of Garrison, Putnam County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Garrison, Putnam County, N.Y., December 7, 1888. Republican. Insurance business; member of New York state 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 New York, 1928, 1932, 1940, 1944; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938; derided by Franklin Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican opponents of his New Deal policies. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Grange; Farm Bureau. Died of heart failure, in Cold Spring, Putnam County, N.Y., January 18, 1991 (age 102 years, 42 days). Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Emily Maria (Mann) Fish; married, September 24, 1921, to Grace Chapin (daughter of Alfred Clark Chapin); married, June 22, 1967, to Marie (Choubaroff) Blackton; married, October 16, 1976, to Alice (Curtis) Desmond (widow of Thomas Charles Desmond); married 1988 to Lydia Ambrogio; father of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); nephew of Nicholas Fish (1848-1902); grandson of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); grandfather of Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; great-grandson of Nicholas Fish (1758-1833); second great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); second great-grandnephew of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Philip Peter Livingston; third great-grandson of Gilbert Livingston and Peter Van Brugh Livingston; third great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and James Alexander; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Pieter Stuyvesant and Pieter Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler and Johannes de Peyster; first cousin once removed of John Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton Fish Kean; first cousin thrice removed of Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707), David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes DePeyster, Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; second cousin of Charles Mann Hamilton and Robert Winthrop Kean; second cousin once removed of Thomas Howard Kean; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of James Jay, John Jay, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick Jay, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Matthew Clarkson, Henry Cruger and Henry Rutgers; third cousin of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson; third cousin twice removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, David Edgerton and John Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), James Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; fourth cousin once removed of John Jacob Astor III, Guy Vernor Henry, Howard Curtis Brown, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Montgomery Schuyler Jr..
  Political families: Chapin-Fish family of New York City, New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "For God And Country."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Winthrop Kean (1893-1980) — also known as Robert W. Kean — of Livingston, Essex County, N.J. Born in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 28, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; elected (Wet) delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Essex County 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936, 1960 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1964; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1939-59; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1958; chair of Essex County Republican Party, 1961. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died September 21, 1980 (age 86 years, 359 days). Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Hamilton Fish Kean and Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean; married, October 18, 1920, to Elizabeth Stuyvesant Howard; father of Thomas Howard Kean; nephew of John Kean (1852-1914); grandfather of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; second great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); second great-grandnephew of Philip Peter Livingston; third great-grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; third great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; fourth great-grandson of James Alexander; fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler, Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin thrice removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin twice removed of Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; second cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin four times removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson, Philip P. Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Henry Cruger and Henry Rutgers; third cousin twice removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Chapin-Fish family of New York City, New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Howard Kean (b. 1935) — also known as Thomas H. Kean; Tom Kean — of Livingston, Essex County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset County, N.J. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., April 21, 1935. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1968-77 (District 11-F 1968-71, District 11-E 1972-73, 25th District 1974-77); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1968 (alternate), 2008, 2012; Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90; defeated in primary, 1977. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Winthrop Kean; father of Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; grandson of Hamilton Fish Kean; grandnephew of John Kean (1852-1914); third great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); third great-grandnephew of Philip Peter Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; fifth great-grandson of James Alexander; fifth great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; sixth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; sixth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler, Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed of Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin four times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, John Stevens III and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin seven times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; second cousin five times removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); third cousin of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); third cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish and Alexa Fish Ward; third cousin thrice removed of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard and John Jay II.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Bob Franks — Deborah T. Poritz
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books by Thomas H. Kean: Politics of Inclusion (1988)
  Thomas Howard Kean Jr. (b. 1968) — also known as Tom Kean, Jr. — of Westfield, Union County, N.J. Born September 5, 1968. Republican. Aide to U.S. Rep. Bob Franks; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 2001-03; member of New Jersey state senate 21st District, 2003-; candidate for U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 2006; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 2008. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Howard Kean; grandson of Robert Winthrop Kean; great-grandson of Hamilton Fish Kean; great-grandnephew of John Kean (1852-1914); fourth great-grandson of John Kean (1756-1795); fourth great-grandnephew of Philip Peter Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; fifth great-grandnephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston and William Livingston; sixth great-grandson of James Alexander; sixth great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; seventh great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Van Brugh; seventh great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler, Abraham de Peyster, Johannes Cuyler, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin five times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Peter Robert Livingston, Walter Livingston, John Stevens III and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin seven times removed of Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston and Robert R. Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer and William Jay; third cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); fourth cousin of Hamilton Fish and Alexa Fish Ward.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kean family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
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