John Kean (politician, 1756)
John Kean (* 1756 in Charleston , Province of South Carolina , † May 4, 1795 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician who attended the Continental Congress as a delegate from South Carolina .
John Kean initially worked in South Carolina in the commercial trade. In the course of the American Revolution he joined the uprising against the British colonial power and was captured when General Henry Clinton captured Charleston in 1780 , after which he spent several months on board a prison ship.
When he was free again, General George Washington appointed him to the commission that examined the Continental Army's payments . From 1785 to 1787 he was sent as a delegate from South Carolina to the sessions of the Continental Congress in New York . From 1791 he acted - again at the suggestion of George Washington, who has now been elected US President - as the cashier of the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, which he remained until his death in May 1795. He was buried in the local St. John's Churchyard .
Three of his descendants also became politically active: his great-grandchildren John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean became US Senators for New Jersey ; his great-grandson Robert Kean represented this state in the US House of Representatives .
Web links
- John Kean in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- John Kean in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | Kean, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charleston , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1795 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |