John K. Kane

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.

John K. Kane
Portrait, 1824, by Thomas Sully
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office
June 17, 1846  February 21, 1858
Appointed byJames K. Polk
Preceded byArchibald Randall
Succeeded byJohn Cadwalader
21st Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office
January 21, 1845  June 17, 1846
GovernorFrancis R. Shunk
Preceded byOvid F. Johnson
Succeeded byJohn M. Read
Personal details
Born
John Kintzing Kane

(1795-05-16)May 16, 1795
Albany, New York
DiedFebruary 21, 1858(1858-02-21) (aged 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RelationsThomas Leiper
Charles Woodruff Shields
ChildrenElisha Kent Kane
Thomas L. Kane
RelativesRobert Van Rensselaer
EducationYale University
read law
Signature

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] 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.[2]

Family

John Neagle, John Kintzing Kane, 1828, Princeton University Art Museum

Kane was the son of Elisha Kane and Alida (née Van Rensselaer), daughter of Brigadier General Robert Van Rensselaer and Cornelia Rutsen.[3] When his mother Alida died in 1799, Elisha married Elizabeth Kintzing, and it was she who raised John and his siblings.[3] In 1819, Kane was married to Jane Duval Leiper (1796–1866), the daughter of Thomas Leiper (1745–1825).[4] Together, they had seven children, including one that died in infancy.[4] Two sons became well known as adults:

References

  1. John Kintzing Kane at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. "Judge John Kintzing Kane". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Matthew J. Grow (2009). Liberty to the Downtrodden: Thomas L. Kane, Romantic Reformer. Yale University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0300153262.

Further reading

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Preceded by
Ovid F. Johnson
21st Attorney General of Pennsylvania
1845–1846
Succeeded by
John M. Read
Preceded by
Archibald Randall
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
1846–1858
Succeeded by
John Cadwalader
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