Francis D. Collins Explained

Francis Dolan Collins
Image Name:FrancisDolanCollins.jpg
Birth Date:5 March 1841
Birth Place:Saugerties, New York, United States
Death Place:Scranton, Pennsylvania
State:Pennsylvania
District:11th
Term Start:March 4, 1875
Term End:March 3, 1879
Preceded:John B. Storm
Succeeded:Robert Klotz
Office2:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 13th district
Term2:1872-1874
Preceded2:Albert Gallatin Brodhead
Succeeded2:George H. Rowland
Party:Democratic

Francis Dolan Collins (March 5, 1841  - November 21, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician who was a two-term Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1875 to 1879.[1]

Early life and education

Francis Collins was born in Saugerties, New York, to Thomas and Catherine Collins. He attended St. Joseph's College, near Montrose, Pennsylvania, before moving with his parents to Dunmore, Pennsylvania. He attended Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Career

He was elected district attorney of the mayor's court district in 1869. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 1872 to 1874.[2]

Collins was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Scranton in 1891, aged 50. He was interred in Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Francis Dolan Collins. The Political Graveyard.
  2. Web site: Francis Dolan Collins Biography . Pennsylvania State Senate . 18 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Francis Dolan Collins . www.findagrave.com . 18 May 2019.