Thomas Kean Jr.
| Tom Kean | |
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| Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate | |
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Assumed office January 8, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Leonard Lance |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 21st district |
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Assumed office March 1, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Rich Bagger |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 21st district |
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In office January 8, 2002 – March 1, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Joel Weingarten |
| Succeeded by | Jon Bramnick |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 22nd district |
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In office April 19, 2001 – January 8, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Augustine |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Green |
| Personal details | |
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Thomas Howard Kean Jr. September 5, 1968 Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rhonda |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College (BA) Tufts University (MA) |
| Website | Official website |
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.
Kean is a descendant of an old American family. On his grandmother's side, he is a descendant 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 (née Bye) 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.
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.
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