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Thomas Kean, Jr.
Thomas Howard "Tom" Kean, Jr. (born September 5, 1968) is an American Republican politician, serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2003. He represents the 21st Legislative District, which covers parts of Union, Morris, Somerset and Essex Counties. On November 8, 2007, he was elected to serve as Minority Leader of the Senate.
==Early life==
Kean is a descendant of an old American family. On his grandmother side, he is a decent of Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam (now known as New York). His great-grandmother, Katharine Winthrop, was a direct descendant of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is also a direct descendant of Thomas Dudley (1576 – 1653), governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who has signed the Harvard College's charter. His father is Thomas Howard Kean, Sr., 48th Governor of New Jersey. His grandfather is Robert Kean, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey. His great-grandfather, Hamilton Fish Kean, and great-great-uncle, John Kean, were both U.S. senators. His second great-great-uncle was Hamilton Fish, a U.S. senator, New York governor, and U.S. secretary of state. He is also a relative of William Livingston, the first governor of New Jersey.
Kean was born in Livingston, New Jersey, the son of Deborah (Bye)〔http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/style/weddings-dorian-drees-reed-kean.html〕 and Thomas Kean, who was Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990 and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. He grew up on the family's estate in Livingston.〔Chen, David W. ("A Kean on the Ballot? What Else Is New?" ), ''The New York Times'', September 16, 2006. Accessed February 24, 2011. "As he grew up at the family homestead in Livingston, the younger Mr. Kean said he was most impressed with the reception that his father received in the community."〕
Kean is a graduate of the Pingry School and Dartmouth College and holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he completed doctoral studies ABD in international relations.〔 He is a former aide to former Congressman Bob Franks and was a special assistant at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the George H. W. Bush administration. He has also been a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer emergency medical technician. Kean currently resides in Westfield, New Jersey with his wife, Rhonda, and their two daughters.〔Chen, David W. ("For Menendez and Kean, a Fierce First Debate" ), ''The New York Times'', June 26, 2006. Accessed March 7, 2008. "Then, a few minutes later, the most dramatic exchange occurred when Mr. Kean sought to contrast his own background and record in Westfield, a wealthy suburb, with Mr. Menendez's in Hudson County."〕
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