Samuel McKean explained

Samuel McKean
Jr/Sr1:United States Senator
State1:Pennsylvania
Term Start1:March 4, 1833
Term End1:March 4, 1839
Predecessor1:George M. Dallas
Successor1:Daniel Sturgeon
State2:Pennsylvania
District2:9th
Term Start2:March 4, 1823
Term End2:March 3, 1829
Predecessor2:Seat added
Successor2:Philander Stephens
Office3:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 11th district
Term3:1829–1830
Office4:Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Term4:1815–1819
Birth Date:7 April 1787
Birth Place:Kishacoquillas Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
Death Place:West Burlington Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Party:Jacksonian

Samuel McKean (April 7, 1787December 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.

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

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Notes and References

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