Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan

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Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (March 31 or December 31, 1794–July 9, 1852) was a U.S. politician.

McKennan was born 1794 in New Castle, Delaware. He served as a Congressman from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

McKennan served 11 days as U.S. Secretary of the Interior under Millard Fillmore in 1850. He resigned after discovered he had a "peculiar nervous temperament" that did not fit him for the pressures as Interior Secretary.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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