Biography

05/16/1795 - 02/21/1858

KANE, John Kintzing, Sr., a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, May 16, 1795 in Albany, Albany County, NY; lawyer; elected, elections inspector, Philadelphia (1823); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1824-1825 term; manager, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company (1829); director, Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts (1833-1834); solicitor, Merchants Bank (1836); trustee, Girard College (1837); unsuccessful campaign, mayor, Philadelphia (1839); appointed, Pennsylvania Attorney General (1845-1846); appointed, United States District Judge, Philadelphia (1846-1856); lecturer; died, February 21, 1858 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.