John Kintzing Kane

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1846 - 1858

Education

Bachelor's

Yale College, 1814

Law

Read law, 1817

Personal

Birthplace

Albany, NY

John Kintzing Kane (1795-1858) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

He was nominated by PresidentJames Polk on June 11, 1846 to a seat vacated byArchibald Randall. He was confirmed by the Senate onJune 17, 1846, and received commission that same day.^[1] He served until his death onFebruary 21, 1858. Kane was succeeded in this position byJohn Cadwalader.

Early life and education

• Yale College, 1814
• Read law, 1817

Professional career

• Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1817-1824
• Pennsylvania state representative, 1824-1825
• Attorney and board member, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, 1825-
• Philadelphia city solicitor, Pennsylvania, 1828-1830, 1832
• U.S. Commissioner to settle claims with France, 1832-1836
• Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1836-1845
• Commonwealth attorney general, Pennsylvania, 1845-1846

Judicial career

Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Kane was nominated by PresidentJames Polk on June 11, 1846. He was confirmed by the Senate onJune 17, 1846,^[1] and received commission that same day. He served until his death onFebruary 21, 1858. Kane was succeeded in this position byJohn Cadwalader.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byJames Polk
Polk	Brockenbrough •Bronson •Dunlop •Dyer •Grier •Kane •Marvin •Miller •Watrous •Woodbury

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief Judge: Wendy Beetlestone  •  Paul Diamond  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  Jeffrey L. Schmehl  •  Chad F. Kenney, Sr.  •  Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro  •  John M. Younge  •  Gail Weilheimer  •  Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr.  •  Mark A. Kearney  •  Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.  •  Gerald J. Pappert  •  Mia Roberts Perez  •  Kelley Hodge  •  Joshua Wolson  •  Karen Marston  •  John Gallagher (Pennsylvania federal judicial nominee)  •  John Frank Murphy  •  Catherine Henry  •  Mary Kay Costello
Senior judges	Harvey Bartle  •  Robert Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  Jan DuBois  •  Ronald Buckwalter  •  William Yohn  •  John Padova Sr.  •  Eduardo Robreno  •  Anita Brody  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Berle Schiller  •  Richard Surrick  •  Legrome Davis  •  Cynthia Rufe  •  Michael Baylson  •  Tim Savage  •  Darnell Jones  •  Joel Slomsky  •
Magistrate judges	Carol Wells  •  Timothy Rice  •  David Strawbridge  •  Elizabeth Hey  •  Lynne Sitarski  •  Scott Reid  •  Marilyn Heffley  •  Richard A. Lloret  •  Pamela Carlos  •
Former Article III judges	William Ditter  •  John Fullam  •  Louis Pollak  •  Norma Shapiro  •  Lowell Reed  •  James Giles  •  Thomas O'Neill (Pennsylvania)  •  Bruce Kauffman  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Mary McLaughlin  •  James Gardner (Pennsylvania)  •  Gene Pratter  •  Lawrence Stengel  •  Thomas Golden  •  Felipe Restrepo  •  William Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  Richard Peters  •  Joseph Hopkinson  •  Archibald Randall  •  John Kintzing Kane  •  John Cadwalader  •  William Butler  •  Anthony Scirica  •  Franklin Van Antwerpen  •  Marjorie Rendell  •  John Bayard McPherson  •  James Buchanan Holland  •  Joseph Whitaker Thompson  •  Oliver Booth Dickinson  •  Charles Louis McKeehan  •  William Huntington Kirkpatrick  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  Herbert Hutton  •  Daniel Huyett  •  Harry Kalodner  •  James M. Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  Marvin Katz  •  John Whitaker Lord  •  Joseph Simon Lord  •  Alfred Luongo  •  George Austin Welsh  •  Albert Maris  •  Guy Bard  •  Louis Bechtle  •  Edward Becker  •  Ralph Body  •  Raymond Broderick  •  Edward Cahn  •  Thomas Clary  •  John Morgan Davis (Pennsylvania)  •  Thomas Egan (Pennsylvania)  •  Herbert Fogel  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Abraham Freedman  •  James Ganey  •  Francis Van Dusen  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  Robert Gawthrop  •  James Gorbey  •  Clifford Green  •  Allan Grim  •  John Hannum  •  Charles William Kraft  •  Thomas Masterson  •  Joseph McGlynn  •  James McGranery  •  Clarence Newcomer  •  Emanuel Mac Troutman  •  Jay Waldman  •  Charles Weiner  •  Harold Wood  •  Donald Van Artsdalen  •  Edward G. Smith  •
Former Chief judges	Harvey Bartle  •  John Fullam  •  James Giles  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  William Huntington Kirkpatrick  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  John Whitaker Lord  •  Joseph Simon Lord  •  Alfred Luongo  •  Louis Bechtle  •  Edward Cahn  •  Thomas Clary  •  James Ganey  •