Francis Dolan Collins

Francis Dolan Collins (March 5, 1841 – November 21, 1891) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern

Francis Collins was born in Saugerties, New York. Saugerties is a Town in Ulster County, New York, USA. The population was 19868 at the 2000 census He attended St. Joseph's College, near Montrose, Pennsylvania before moving with his parents to Dinsmore. Montrose is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, 46 miles (74 km north by west of Scranton He attended Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Pennsylvania. Wyoming Seminary is a private College preparatory school located in the Wyoming Valley of Northeastern Pennsylvania, in Kingston and Forty Kingston is a municipality in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, opposite Wilkes Barre.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was elected district attorney of the mayor’s court district in 1869. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1872 to 1874. The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Legislative branch of Pennsylvania government

Collins was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses. The Forty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and The Forty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Scranton in 1891, aged 50. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was interred in Cathedral Cemetery in Hyde Park, Scranton.

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Preceded by John B. Storm	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1875 - 1879	Succeeded by Robert Klotz

The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as John Brutzman Storm ( September 19, 1838 &ndash August 13, 1901) was a Democratic member of the U These are tables of congressional delegations from Pennsylvania to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district is in the northeastern part of the state and has been a Safe seat for Democrats for some time Robert Klotz ( October 27, 1819 – May 1, 1895) was a Democratic member of the U

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