Background
Kane, Matthew John was born on November 28, 1863 in in Niagara Company, New York, United States. Son of Anthony and Mary (Dunn) Kane.
Kane, Matthew John was born on November 28, 1863 in in Niagara Company, New York, United States. Son of Anthony and Mary (Dunn) Kane.
Educational public schools. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1887 (Doctor of Laws, 1917).
Practiced law at Wichita, Kansas, 1888-1889, at Kingfisher, Oklahoma, April 22, 1889, on opening of Oklahoma to settlement. Member Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, 1907. Elected justice Supreme Court of the Oklahoma, September 1907 (chief justice, 1909-1912).
Reëlected 2 terms 1917-1929.
Delaware Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, Saint Louis, 1904. Elector Hall of Fame, New York University, special law lecturer, Oklahoma University.
Member Oklahoma
Married Kathleen Reagan, June 9, 1909.