- Fish family
The Fish family is a family of American politicians.
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Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), candidate forNew York Assemblyman 1834, U.S. Representative from New York 1843-1845, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York 1846, Lieutenant Governor of New York 1848, Governor of New York 1849-1851, U.S. Senator from New York 1851-1857, U.S. Secretary of State 1869-1877. Father of Nicholas Fish II and Hamilton Fish II.
**Nicholas Fish II (1848-1902), U.S. Charge d'Affaires toSwitzerland 1877-1881, U.S. Minister toBelgium 1882-1885. Son of Hamilton Fish.
**Hamilton Fish II (1849-1936), New York Assemblyman 1874 1876-1879 1889-1891 1893-1896, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1884, U.S. Representative from New York 1909-1911. Son of Hamilton Fish.
***Alfred C. Chapin (1848-1936), New York Assemblyman 1882-1883, New York Comptroller 1884-1887, Mayor ofBrooklyn, New York 1888-1891; U.S. Representative from New York 1891-1892. Father-in-law of Hamilton Fish III.
***Hamilton F. Kean (1862-1941),New Jersey Republican Committeeman 1905-1919, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1916, Republican National Committeeman 1919-1928, candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey 1924, U.S. Senator from New Jersey 1929-1935. Grandnephew of Hamilton Fish.
****Hamilton Fish III (1888-1991), New York Assemblyman 1914-1916, U.S. Representative from New York 1920-1945, New York Republican Committeeman 1936. Son of Hamilton Fish II.
****Robert W. Kean (1893-1980), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1936, U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1939-1959, candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey 1958. Son of Hamilton F. Kean.
*****Hamilton Fish IV (1926-1996), U.S. Representative from New York 1969-1995, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1984. Son of Hamilton Fish III.
*****Thomas H. Kean (1935-), New Jersey Assemblyman 1968-1977, Governor of New Jersey 1982-1990. Son of Robert W. Kean.
******Hamilton Fish V (1952-), candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1988 1994. Son of Hamilton Fish IV.References
*Wing, Lester Fish. "The Fish Family in England and America". Tuttle, 1948. 530pp. [http://www.dallas.net/~mcmanus/book.htm]
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