The Fish family is a family of American politicians. The family is of English origin and is descended from Jonathan Fish (1615â€"1663), who was born in East Farndon, Northamptonshire, England and settled in the Province of New York.
Notable members
- Nicholas Fish (1758â€"1833), American Revolutionary soldier, adjutant general of New York, candidate for U.S. Representative from New York in 1804 and 1806, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1810 and 1811.
- Hamilton Fish (1808â€"1893), candidate for New York Assemblyman 1834, U.S. Representative from New York 1843â€"1845, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York 1846, Lieutenant Governor of New York 1848, Governor of New York 1849â€"1851, U.S. Senator from New York 1851â€"1857, U.S. Secretary of State 1869â€"1877.
- Stuyvesant Fish Morris (1843â€"1928), a prominent physician.
- Nicholas Fish II (1848â€"1902), U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Switzerland 1877â€"1881, U.S. Minister to Belgium 1882â€"1885.
- Hamilton Fish II (1849â€"1936), New York Assemblyman 1874, 1876â€"1879, 1889â€"1891, 1893â€"1896, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1884, U.S. Representative from New York 1909â€"1911.
- D. Maitland Armstrong (1836â€"1919), U.S. Consul in Rome, Italy 1869â€"1871; U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to the Papal States 1869; U.S. Consul General in Rome, Italy 1871-1873.
- Hamilton Fish Armstrong (1893â€"1973), U.S. diplomat; editor Foreign Affairs 1928â€"1972.
- Hamilton Fish III (1888â€"1991), New York Assemblyman 1914â€"1916, U.S. Representative from New York 1920â€"1945, New York Republican Committeeman 1936.
- Hamilton Fish IV (1926â€"1996), U.S. Representative from New York 1969â€"1995, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1984.
- Hamilton Fish V (born 1952), candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1988, 1994.
Family tree
Kean family
The Fish family is related to the Kean family through Hamilton Fish's wife, Julia Ursin Niemcewiez Kean.
- Notable members
- Hamilton Fish Kean (1862â€"1941), New Jersey Republican Committeeman 1905â€"1919, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1916, Republican National Committeeman 1919â€"1928, candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey 1924, U.S. Senator from New Jersey 1929â€"1935.
- Robert W. Kean (1893â€"1980), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1936, U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1939â€"1959, candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey 1958.
- Thomas H. Kean (born 1935), New Jersey Assemblyman 1968â€"1977, Governor of New Jersey 1982â€"1990.
- Thomas Kean, Jr. (born 1968), New Jersey state senator.
- Family tree
NOTE: Hamilton F. Kean was also great-grandson of Continental Congressional Delegate John Kean and brother of U.S. Senator John Kean.
References
- Notes
- Sources
- Wing, Lester Fish. The Fish Family in England and America. Tuttle, 1948. 530pp.[1]
