Samuel McKean

Samuel McKean
Samuel McKean
United States Senator; from Pennsylvania
	In office; March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1839
Preceded by	George M. Dallas
Succeeded by	Daniel Sturgeon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 9th district
	In office; March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by	Seat added
Succeeded by	Philander 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	April 7, 1787; Kishacoquillas Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	December 14, 1841 (aged 54); West Burlington Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Political party	Jacksonian

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.^[3]

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

References

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

External links

United States Congress. "Samuel McKean (id: M000492)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Preceded by	Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1815-1819	Succeeded by
Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by John Ryon, Jr.	Member of the Pennsylvania Senate, 11th district 1829-1830	Succeeded by Reuben Wilber
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John 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 by James Ford Alem Marr Philander Stephens
U.S. Senate
Preceded by George M. Dallas	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania 1833–1839 Served alongside: William Wilkins, James Buchanan	Succeeded by Daniel Sturgeon

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[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.

[legis_state_pa_us-3] "Pennsylvania State Senate – Samuel McKean Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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v t e United States senators from Pennsylvania
Class 1	W. Maclay Gallatin Ross S. Maclay Leib Roberts Findlay Barnard Dallas McKean Sturgeon Brodhead S. Cameron Wilmot Buckalew J. Scott Wallace Mitchell Quay Knox Oliver Knox Crow Reed Guffey Martin H. Scott Heinz Wofford Santorum Casey McCormick (elect)
Class 3	Morris Bingham Muhlenberg Logan Gregg Lacock Lowrie Marks Wilkins Buchanan S. Cameron Cooper Bigler Cowan S. Cameron J. Cameron Penrose Pepper Vare^† Grundy Davis Myers Duff Clark Schweiker Specter Toomey Fetterman
Notes	^† Never officially seated

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
Post Office and Post Roads (1808–1947)	Rhea Ingham Livermore F. Johnson J. Johnson Ingham McKean R. Johnson Connor McKay Briggs Hopkins Goggin Potter Olds Mace English Colfax Alley Farnsworth Packer Clark Waddell Money Bingham Money Blount Bingham J. Henderson Loud Overstreet Weeks Moon Steenerson Griest Sanders Mead Romjue Burch O'Brien
(Reform in the) Civil Service* (1893–1947)	Andrew De Forest Brosius Gillett Godwin Hamill Godwin Lehlbach Jeffers Ramspeck Randolph
Post Office and Civil Service (1947–1995)	Rees Murray Rees Murray Dulski D. Henderson Nix Hanley Ford Clay
Note	^Name shortened from Reform in the Civil Service* to Civil Service in 1925.

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