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  Kean, Robert W.
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameRobert W. Kean
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Livingston, New Jersey , United States
EmailNone
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Born September 28, 1893
DiedSeptember 21, 1980 (86 years)
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifedRBH
Jan 04, 2015 11:40pm
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Info(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.

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FAMILY
Son Thomas H. Kean, Sr. 1935-
Grandson Thomas H. Kean, Jr. 1968-
Father Hamilton F. Kean 1862-1941
Grandfather John Kean 1814-1895
Great-Grandfather Peter Philip James Kean 1788-1828
Grand Aunt Julia Ursin Niemcewiez Kean Fish 1816-1887
1st Cousin Once Removed Nicholas Fish 1846-1902
1st Cousin Once Removed Hamilton Fish 1849-1936
2nd Cousin Hamilton Fish, III 1888-1991
Uncle John Kean, Jr. 1852-1914

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RACES
  11/04/1958 NJ US Senate Lost 46.90% (-4.49%)
  04/15/1958 NJ US Senate - R Primary Won 43.00% (+6.72%)
  11/06/1956 NJ District 12 Won 59.68% (+20.99%)
  11/02/1954 NJ District 12 Won 53.07% (+6.13%)
  11/04/1952 NJ District 12 Won 54.81% (+9.62%)
  11/07/1950 NJ District 12 Won 53.10% (+8.44%)
  11/02/1948 NJ District 12 Won 50.83% (+3.81%)
  11/05/1946 NJ District 12 Won 63.57% (+28.91%)
  06/04/1946 NJ District 12 - R Primary Won 85.40% (+70.80%)
  11/07/1944 NJ District 12 Won 50.59% (+3.43%)
  11/03/1942 NJ District 12 Won 60.82% (+24.57%)
  11/05/1940 NJ District 12 Won 53.68% (+11.30%)
  11/08/1938 NJ District 12 Won 54.96% (+13.63%)
  09/20/1938 NJ District 12 - R Primary Won 45.08% (+2.31%)
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