at "Ursino" on November 4, 1914, after developing Bright's disease. Kean, who was one of nine children, did not marry, in fact, only two of his siblings, brother Hamilton Fish Kean, who married Katharine Taylor Winthrop, and sister Christine Griffin Kean, who married Emlen Roosevelt, married. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, in Hillside, New Jersey. Legacy Keansburg, New Jersey is named in honor of John Kean. In 1884, Kean played a key part in helping the town, at the time called Granville, to obtain its first post office. During that year, the name Keansburg was adopted. References External links Biography from John Kean at the Political Graveyard 1852 births 1914 deaths John Republican Party United States senators from New Jersey New Jersey lawyers Politicians from Elizabeth, New Jersey Columbia Law School alumni Yale College alumni Chairmen of the New Jersey Republican State Committee Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Hillside, New Jersey) 19th-century American politicians