Samuel McKean

Samuel McKean (April 7, 1787 – December 14, 1841) was a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania.

Samuel McKean was born in Kishocaquillas Valley in Huntington County, Pa. where he attended the common schools. Later he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Burlington, Pa. and became a member of the board of commissioners for Bradford County in 1814; member, State house of representatives 1815-1819; served in the State militia as major general; elected to the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829); chairman, Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Twentieth Congress); member, State senate 1829-1830; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1832; elected as a Jacksonian (later Democrat) to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1839; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses); died in West Burlington, Bradford County, Pa., December 14, 1841; interment in the Old Church Cemetery in the eastern part of West Burlington Township.

Samuel McKean was an uncle of James Bedell McKean.