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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyHamilton Fish KEAN
(1862-1941)
Senate Years of Service:
1929-1935Party: RepublicanKEAN, Hamilton Fish,
(father of Robert Winthrop Kean, brother of John Kean [1852-1914],
and great-grandson of John Kean [1756-1795]), a Senator from New
Jersey; born at “Ursino,” his ancestral estate near
Elizabeth, Union Township, Union County, N.J., February 27, 1862;
attended the public schools of Elizabeth, N.J.; graduated from St.
Paul’s School, Concord, N.H.; engaged in banking and
agricultural pursuits; member, Republican National Committee
1919-1928; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for
United States Senator in 1924; elected as a Republican to the
United States Senate in 1928 and served from March 4, 1929, to
January 3, 1935; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934;
engaged in banking until his death in New York City, December 27,
1941; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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