| Franklin K. Lane  AKA Franklin Knight Lane
Born: 15-Jul-1864
Birthplace: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 18-May-1921
Location of death: Mayo Hospital, Rochester, MN
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated, Ashes scattered over Yosemite
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of the Interior 1913-20 Under Lane's watch the National Park Service was created.
Died after appendicitis surgery.
Father: Christopher S. Lane (Presbyterian minister)
Mother: Caroline N. Burns
Brother: George W. Lane
Brother: Frederic J. Lane
Sister: Maude A. Andersen
Wife: Anne Wintermute Lane (m. 1895)
Son: Franklin K. Lane, Jr. ("Ned", b. 1898)
Daughter: Nancy Lane Kauffmann
High School: Oakland High School, Oakland, CA
University: UC Berkeley (1886)
Law School: Hastings College of the Law
US Secretary of the Interior 1913-20 under Woodrow Wilson
US Interstate Commerce Commission 1905-13, Chairman 1913
Tacoma Daily News Editor, 1891-95
The San Francisco Chronicle New York special correspondent, 1891
Naturalized US Citizen
Appendectomy (6-May-1921)
Canadian Ancestry
Scottish Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Appendicitis
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