AKA Franklin Knight Lane

Born: 15-Jul-1864
Birthplace: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 18-May-1921
Location of death: Rochester, MN [1]
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.

    High School: Oakland High School, Oakland, CA
    University: University of California at 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, as 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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