Background
Kane, Francis Fisher was born on June 17, 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Patterson and Elizabeth (Fisher) Kane.
Kane, Francis Fisher was born on June 17, 1866 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Patterson and Elizabeth (Fisher) Kane.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1886, Master of Arts, 1889. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1889. Unmarried.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1889. Formerly member Beck, Robinson & Kane, Philadelphia, now practicing alone. Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1890.
1st assistant United State Attorneys Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1896-1900.
Nominee for mayor of Philadelphia, 1903. United State Attorneys Eastern District of Pennsylvania, by appointment of President Wilson, from September 10, 1913-1920, resigned.
Served in Vienna as American representative Friends’ Relief Mission, 1923. Member Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Geography Society, Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia, Phi Kappa Sigma. Clubs: University, University Barge.