Francis Dolan COLLINS, Congress, PA (1841-1891)
COLLINS, Francis Dolan, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y., March 5, 1841; attended St. Josephâs College, near Montrose, Susquehanna County; moved with his parents to Dinsmore, Lackawanna County, Pa.; attended Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Scranton, Pa.; elected district attorney of the mayorâs court district in 1869; served in the State senate 1872-1874; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); resumed the practice of his profession; died in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., November 21, 1891; interment in Cathedral Cemetery, Hyde Park (Scranton).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
