Elias Kane
| Elias Kent Kane | |
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| United States Senator from Illinois |
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| In office March 4, 1825 – December 12, 1835 |
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| Preceded by | John McLean |
| Succeeded by | William Ewing |
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| Born | June 7, 1794 New York City, New York |
| Died | December 12, 1835 (aged 41) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Elias Kent Kane (June 7, 1794 – December 12, 1835) was one of the first U.S. Senators from Illinois.[1]
He was born in New York City, attended the public schools, and graduated from Yale College in 1813.
After he studied law, he admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Nashville, Tennessee, and then moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1814.
He was appointed a judge of the Territory of Illinois and was a delegate to the first state constitutional convention in 1818.
After an unsuccessful 1820 campaign for election to the 17th Congress, he became Illinois' first Secretary of State, and served from 1820 to 1824. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1824, and in the same year to the United States Senate. He was reelected in 1831 and served from March 4, 1825, until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1835.
On January 16, 1836, the Illinois legislature formed a new county, Kane, in honor of Elias Kent Kane.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ Elias Kane at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2010-02-09
- ^ "Kane County History". Geneva, Illinois: Kane County Government Center. 2010. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
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Illinois Secretary of State | Succeeded by Samuel D. Lockwood |
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| Preceded by John McLean |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Illinois 1825–1835 Served alongside: Jesse B. Thomas, John McLean, David J. Baker, John M. Robinson |
Succeeded by William L.D. Ewing |
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