Franklin Knight Lane

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American politician (1864-1921)

United States PoliticiansLived 1864 to 1921 · aged 56

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Franklin Knight Lane was an American progressive politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920.

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Plaque erected near Lane's birthplace, DeSable, Prince Edward Island

1898 election poster for Lane

Commissioner Lane in Chicago, 1909

Franklin Knight Lane in the 1910s

President Wilson and his Cabinet with Lane forward row, second from right

The new Interior Department building, now home to the GSA, as it appears today.

Franklin K. Lane High School, New York City

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Franklin Knight Lane was an American progressive politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920. He also served as a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of California in 1902, losing a narrow race in what was then a heavily Republican state.

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