Early life and education
Francis Collins was born in Saugerties (village), New York, Saugerties, New York, to Thomas and Catherine Collins. He attended St. Joseph's College, near Montrose, Pennsylvania, before moving with his parents to Dunmore, Pennsylvania. He attended Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Scranton, Pennsylvania.Career
He was elected district attorney of the mayor's court district in 1869. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the Pennsylvania Senate, District 13, 13th district from 1872 to 1874. Collins was elected as a Democrat to the 44th United States Congress, Forty-fourth and 45th United States Congress, Forty-fifth Congresses.Later career and death
He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Scranton in 1891, aged 50. He was interred in Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton, Pennsylvania.References
External links
, - 1841 births 1891 deaths 19th-century American legislators Burials in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Democratic Party Pennsylvania state senators People from Kingston, Pennsylvania People from Saugerties, New York Politicians from Scranton, Pennsylvania Wyoming Seminary alumni 19th-century American lawyers {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub