John K. Kane
John K. Kane | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
In office June 17, 1846 – February 21, 1858 | |
Appointed by | James K. Polk |
Preceded by | Archibald Randall |
Succeeded by | John Cadwalader |
21st Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
In office January 21, 1845 – June 17, 1846 | |
Governor | Francis R. Shunk |
Preceded by | Ovid F. Johnson |
Succeeded by | John M. Read |
Personal details | |
Born | John Kintzing Kane May 16, 1795 Albany, New York |
Died | February 21, 1858 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged 62)
Relations | Thomas Leiper Charles Woodruff Shields |
Children | Elisha Kent Kane Thomas L. Kane |
Relatives | Robert Van Rensselaer |
Education | Yale University read law |
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John Kintzing Kane (May 16, 1795 – February 21, 1858) was the 21st Attorney General of Pennsylvania and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career[]
Born on May 16, 1795, in Albany, New York,[1] Kane graduated from Yale University in 1814 and read law in 1817.[1] He entered private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1824.[1] He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1824 to 1825.[1] He was an attorney and board member of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company starting in 1825.[1] That same year, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[2] He was city solicitor for Philadelphia from 1828 to 1830, and in 1832.[1] He was a United States Commissioner to settle claims with France from 1832 to 1836.[1] He resumed private practice in Philadelphia from 1836 to 1845.[1] He was the 21st Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1846.[1]
Federal judicial service[]
Kane was nominated by President James K. Polk on June 11, 1846, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Archibald Randall.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 17, 1846, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on February 21, 1858, due to his death in Philadelphia.[1] He is interred in the family mausoleum at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Section P, Lot 100.[3]
Family[]
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Kane was the son of Elisha Kane and Alida (née Van Rensselaer), daughter of Brigadier General Robert Van Rensselaer and Cornelia Rutsen.[4] When his mother Alida died in 1799, Elisha married Elizabeth Kintzing, and it was she who raised John and his siblings.[4] In 1819, Kane was married to Jane Duval Leiper (1796–1866), the daughter of Thomas Leiper (1745–1825).[5] Together, they had seven children, including one that died in infancy.[5] Two sons became well known as adults:
- Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857), who was a United States naval officer, physician and explorer. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions that tried to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin and his team.[citation needed]
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1822–1883), who was an attorney, abolitionist and military officer, who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saints movement and served as a Union colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War.[citation needed]
- Elizabeth Kane (1830–1869), who married Charles Woodruff Shields (1825–1904) in 1861.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l John Kintzing Kane at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ "Judge John Kintzing Kane". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1151. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Matthew J. Grow (2009). Liberty to the Downtrodden: Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer. Yale University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0300153262.
Further reading[]
- Kevin R. Chaney. "Kane, John Kintzing"; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Accessed October 2006 (subscription required).
- King, Moses. Philadelphia and Notable Philadelphians. New York: 1901.
- John Kintzing Kane at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware (Volume 2) Brief bio of son Dr John Kintzing Kane
- Matthew J. Grow (2009). Liberty to the Downtrodden: Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer. Yale University Press.
External links[]
- 1795 births
- 1858 deaths
- Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States federal judges appointed by James K. Polk
- 19th-century American judges
- Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- Politicians from Albany, New York
- United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
- Lawyers from Albany, New York
- Yale College alumni
- Van Rensselaer family