1. Robert Winthrop Kean was an American Republican Party politician from the state of New Jersey.
26 Facts About Robert Kean
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Robert Kean retired from the House to run for United States Senate in 1958, but was defeated by Harrison A Williams.
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Robert Kean was known for his expertise in the areas of taxation and Social Security.
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Robert Kean was born September 28,1893, in Elberon, New Jersey.
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Robert Kean's father, Hamilton Fish Kean, was a United States Senator from New Jersey.
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Robert Kean was a member of the Robert Kean family, one of the nation's oldest political families.
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Young Robert Kean was a Roosevelt supporter, although his uncle and father had publicly endorsed the incumbent President, William Howard Taft.
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Robert Kean was a 1911 graduate of St Mark's School and a 1915 graduate of Harvard University.
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Robert Kean served in the National Guard and later in the United States Army during World War I earning the rank of lieutenant, the Silver Star, and the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Robert Kean served under the command of General John J Pershing.
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Robert Kean was a founder of the Livingston National Bank.
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Robert Kean took on campaign responsibilities on behalf of his father, who was the Republican National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1918 to 1928.
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Robert Kean was heavily involved in his father's successful campaign for the US Senate in 1928 and his unsuccessful 1934 re-election bid.
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Robert Kean became a candidate for the US House of Representatives in 1938, running in New Jersey's 12th congressional district, which was based in Essex County.
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Robert Kean was endorsed by the "Clean Government" faction of the Essex GOP, while Townsend had the backing of the "Suburban Republican" faction.
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Robert Kean was re-elected in 1940,1942,1944,1946,1948,1950,1952,1954, and 1956.
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Robert Kean was not a candidate for re-election to an 11th term in 1958 and was succeeded by Republican George M Wallhauser.
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Robert Kean was considered an expert on Social Security and tax law, and was sometimes referred to as "Mr Social Security" in Washington, DC Kean voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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Robert Kean had secured commitments of endorsements from several key GOP leaders, but he declined to announce his own campaign until Hendrickson declared his intentions publicly.
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Hendrickson waited until the day before the filing deadline to say he was retiring, and Robert Kean did not run.
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US Senator H Alexander Smith decided not to seek re-election in 1958, and Kean became a candidate for the open seat in the United States Senate.
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Robert Kean won the Republican primary by 23,894 votes over Bernard M Shanley, who had served as Deputy Chief of Staff to President Dwight Eisenhower.
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Robert Kean made a political comeback in 1959, challenging incumbent William Yeomans for Republican Chairman in Essex County.
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Yeomans dropped his re-election bid, clearing the way for Robert Kean to take over.
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Robert Kean married Elizabeth Stuyvesant Howard on October 18,1920, in New York City.
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Robert Kean died in Livingston on September 21,1980, aged 86, at Saint Barnabas Medical Center following a heart attack.