John Kean (December 4, 1852 – November 4, 1914) was an American lawyer and banker from Elizabeth, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1899 to 1911. A member of the Kean family of politicans, his great-grandfather John Kean) had been a delegate to the Continental Congress for South Carolina, his brother was US Senator Hamilton Fish Kean, his nephew was US Representative Robert Winthrop Kean and his grand-nephew was Governor Thomas Kean. December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Map of Elizabeth in Union County Elizabeth is a City located in Union County, New Jersey. ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Continental Congress is the label given to three successive bodies of representatives: The First Continental Congress met from September 5, 1774 to October 26, 1774. ... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 40th 82,965 km² 320 km 420 km 6 32°430N to 35°12N 78°030W to 83°20W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 26th 4,012... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Thomas Kean Thomas Howard Kean (born April 21, 1935) was the Republican Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. ...

Born at "Ursino" near Elizabeth, New Jersey; studied in private schools and attended Yale College; graduated from the Columbia Law School, New York City, in 1875; admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1877, but did not engage in extensive practice; engaged in banking and interested in manufacturing; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth United States Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884; elected to the Fiftieth United States Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1892; member of the committee to revise the judiciary system of New Jersey; elected to the United States Senate in 1899; reelected in 1905, and served from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1911; chairman, Committee on the Geological Survey (Fifty-seventh United States Congress), Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Fifty-eighth United States Congress through Sixty-first United States Congress); engaged in banking in Elizabeth, N.J.; died in Ursino, N.J.; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, N.J. Map of Elizabeth in Union County Elizabeth is a City located in Union County, New Jersey. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States. ... Dates of Sessions 1883-1885 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 3, 1883 to July 7, 1884. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Dates of Sessions 1887-1889 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 5, 1887 to October 20, 1888. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Governor of New Jersey is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... // Dates of Sessions 1901-1903 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 2, 1901 to July 1, 1902. ... Dates of Sessions 1903-1905 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from November 9, 1903 to December 7, 1903. ... // Dates of Sessions March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1911 Major Political Events Officers Senate House of Representatives Members of the Sixty-first United States Congress Senate Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (R-RI) Augustus Octavius Bacon (D-GA) Joseph Weldon Bailey (D-TX) John Hollis Bankhead (D-AL) Albert Jeremiah Beveridge...

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all members of both houses of the United States Congress, past and present. ...