Samuel McKean
United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1839
Preceded byGeorge M. Dallas
Succeeded byDaniel Sturgeon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829
Preceded bySeat added
Succeeded byPhilander Stephens
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 11th district
In office
1829–1830
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1815–1819
Personal details
Born(1787-04-07)April 7, 1787
Kishacoquillas Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedDecember 14, 1841(1841-12-14) (aged 54)
West Burlington Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Political partyJacksonian

Samuel McKean (April 7, 1787 – December 14, 1841) was an American merchant and politician from Burlington, Pennsylvania, who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1839 and of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1823 to 1829. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819[1] and the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 11th district from 1829 to 1830.[2]

Biography

Samuel McKean was born on April 7, 1787, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He worked as a merchant in Burlington, Pennsylvania, before becoming a member of the Bradford County board of commissioners. McKean served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 until 1819 and was a major general in the Pennsylvania State Militia. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1822 and was re-elected in 1824 and 1826, serving until March 1829. While in the U.S. House, he was a member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads during the 20th Congress. He then returned to the state legislature, serving in the Pennsylvania Senate for the 11th district from 1829 to 1830.[3]

A Democrat, McKean served as a presidential elector for the Jackson/Van Buren ticket during the 1832 election. He was elected by the state legislature to the United States Senate in 1833, where he served one term until March 1839. He was chairman of the Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses from 1835 until 1839.

McKean died in West Burlington, Pennsylvania, on December 14, 1841, and was interred in the Old Methodist Church Cemetery in Burlington, Pennsylvania.[4]

His nephew James B. McKean was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1859 until 1863.

References

  1. ^ Cox, Harold. "House Members "M"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  2. ^ Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "M"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate – Samuel McKean Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate – Samuel McKean Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives Preceded by Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1815-1819 Succeeded by Pennsylvania State Senate Preceded byJohn Ryon, Jr. Member of the Pennsylvania Senate, 11th district 1829-1830 Succeeded byReuben Wilber U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byJohn Brown Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1823–1829 1823–1825 alongside: William Cox Ellis and George Kremer 1825–1829 alongside: George Kremer and Espy Van Horne Succeeded byJames Ford Alem Marr Philander Stephens U.S. Senate Preceded byGeorge M. Dallas U.S. senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania 1833–1839 Served alongside: William Wilkins, James Buchanan Succeeded byDaniel Sturgeon

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