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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyRobert Winthrop KEAN
(1893-1980)
KEAN, Robert Winthrop,
(son of Hamilton Fish Kean, nephew of John Kean [1852-1914], and
great-great-grandson of John Kean [1756-1795]), a Representative
from New Jersey; born in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September
28, 1893; was graduated from St. Mark’s School, Southboro,
Mass., in 1911 and from Harvard University in 1915; bank clerk in
Carteret, N.J., and New York City, 1915-1917; served with Squadron
A in the New York National Guard on the Mexican border in 1916;
during the First World War served overseas as a first lieutenant
with the Fifteenth Field Artillery, Second Division, in 1917 and
1918; decorated with the Silver Star Medal and the Distinguished
Service Cross; engaged in the investment and banking business in
Livingston, N.J., Newark, N.J., and New York City, 1920-1969;
delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936, 1960 and
1964; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1959); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1958 but was unsuccessful as the
Republican candidate for election to the United States Senate;
resumed his investment and banking interests; chairman of the
National Advisory Committee of the White House Conference on Aging
May 1959-April 1961; chairman of Essex County Republican Committee
1959-1962; resided in Livingston, N.J. where he died September 21,
1980; interment in Saint Bernards Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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