Hamilton Fish Kean

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Hamilton Fish Kean

Hamilton Fish Kean (* 27. February 1862 in Elizabeth , New Jersey ; †  27. December 1941 in New York City ) was an American politician of the Republican Party , of the State of New Jersey in the US Senate represented.

Hamilton Fish Kean was born to John and Lucy Kean on Ursino , his family's estate in Union County . His ancestors included John Kean , delegate from South Carolina at the Continental Congress , and his great-uncle Hamilton Fish , US Senator for New York and later Secretary of State of the United States , after whom he was named. He was also the younger brother of John Kean , who sat for New Jersey in both houses of Congress .

After attending public schools in Elizabeth Hamilton Fish Kean graduated from the St. Paul's School , a boarding school in Concord ( New Hampshire ). He then worked in banking and agriculture. Between 1919 and 1928 he was a member of the Republican National Committee . In 1924 he applied for the first time to nominate his party for election to the US Senate, but was subject to the incumbent Walter Evans Edge . Four years later, he ran for the second Senate seat in New Jersey and was successful, whereupon he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress from March 4, 1929. In 1934 he sought re-election, but he lost to the Democrat A. Harry Moore and was forced to resign from the Senate on January 3, 1935. He then worked in the banking industry in New York until his death in December 1941. He was buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery . His son Robert was also a politician and sat in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1959 . In 1958 he ran unsuccessfully for the former Senate seat of his father.

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