Biography

04/07/1787 - 12/14/1841

McKEAN, Samuel, a Representative from Bradford and Tioga Counties; born, April 7, 1787 in Huntingdon County, Pa.; major general, Pennsylvania Militia; merchant; unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Bradford County (1812); unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Bradford County (1814); elected, commissioner, Bradford County (1814-1815); elected as a Democratic Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1815-1816 and 1816-1817 terms; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1817-1818, 1818-1819 terms; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Burlington, Bradford Co. (1819-1823); elected, United States Congress (1823-1829); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1829-1830); appointed, Secretary of the Commonwealth (1830-1832); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1832); elected, United States Congress (1833-1839); died, December 14, 1841 in West Burlington Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old Methodist Church Cemetery, Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.