Biography

04/07/1787 - 12/14/1841

Samuel McKean (D11) Bradford, Susquehanna and Tioga Counties 1829-1830

Early Life:

Samuel McKean, born April 7, 1787, Kishocaquillas Valley, Huntington County, Pennsylvania; son of James and Jane Scott McKean; common school education; engaged, mercantile pursuits, Burlington, Pennsylvania; member, board of commissioners, Bradford County, 1814; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1815-1818; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1818-1819; major general, Pennsylvania State Militia; elected, United States House of Representatives, 1823-1829; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1829-1830; Democratic presidential elector, 1832; elected, Jacksonian (later Democrat) United States Senate, 1833- 1839; married, Julia McDowell McKean, children, Robert S. McKean, Addison McKean, William Findlay McKean, Ruth Maria McKean Taylor, Jane Martha McKean Blackwell, Samuel McKean, Phebe Rebecca McKean, Mary Elizabeth McKean; died, December 14, 1841, West Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interment, Old Methodist Church Cemetery, Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Member, board of commissioners, Bradford County, 1814.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1815-1818. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1818-1819.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 11th district, Bradford, Susquehanna and Tioga Counties, 1829-1830

Democratic presidential elector, 1832

Continued Government Service/National Politics: 

Elected, United States House of Representatives, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth Congresses, 1823-1829; chairman, Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Twentieth Congress). 

Elected, Jacksonian (later Democrat) United States Senate, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses 1833-1839, chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses).

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not available currently 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "M"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

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