Category:Lawrence Kearny

**Lawrence Kearny**
	American naval officer (1789-1868)
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Date of birth	30 November 1789; Perth Amboy
Date of death	29 November 1868; Perth Amboy
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Occupation	military officer; politician;
Position held	Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey;
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English: Commodore Lawrence Kearny (30 November 1789 – 29 November 1868) was an officer in the United States Navy during the early nineteenth century. In the early 1840s he began negotiations with China which opened that country to U.S. trade and pointed the way toward the American Open Door Policy a half century later. He was Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey in 1848.