Francis Dolan Collins (March 5, 1841 – November 21, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician who was a two-term Democratic member of the

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for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1875 to 1879.

Early life and education

Francis Collins was born in Saugerties, New York, to Thomas and Catherine Collins. He attended St. Joseph's College, near

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, before moving with his parents to

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. 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

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for the 13th district from 1872 to 1874. Collins was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and 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.

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