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

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from 1875 to 1879.

Early life and education

Francis Collins was born in

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, 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

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in

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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.

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