John Kean (South Carolina)

John Kean (* 1756 in Charleston, South Carolina; † May 4, 1795 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician, who participated as a delegate from South Carolina to the Continental Congress.

John Kean initially operated in South Carolina in the commercial sector. During the American Revolution he joined the uprising against the British colonial power in 1780 and fell in taking Charleston by General Henry Clinton in captivity, after which he spent several months on board a prison ship.

When he was free again, he was appointed by General George Washington in the Commission, which considered the payment of the Continental Army. From 1785 to 1787 he was sent as a delegate from South Carolina to attend the meetings of the Continental Congress for New York. From 1791 on, he served - again, on a proposal of the now elected as U.S. president George Washington - as a cashier of the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, which he remained until his death in May 1795. He was buried at the local St. John's Churchyard.

Also three of his descendants were politically active: His great-grandson John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean were U.S. Senators for New Jersey; his great-grandson Robert Kean represented this state in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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