Name Nicholas Kane Role U.S. representative | Died September 14, 1887 Party Democratic Party | |
Nicholas Thomas Kane (September 12, 1846 – September 14, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Life and career
Nicholas T. Kane was born in County Waterford, Ireland on September 12, 1846. His family moved to the United States in 1848 and settled near Albany, New York, and Kane attended the local schools.
He enlisted in the Union Army in 1863, joining the 20th New York Cavalry. He attained the rank of Corporal twice, and each time was reduced to Private. Kane served until the end of the war in 1865, and afterwards remained active in the Grand Army of the Republic.
After the war Kane worked in woolen mills in New York and Rhode Island, as did several of his brothers and other relatives. He became wealthy as the owner and operator of several successful mills in New York.
A Democrat, Kane was Watervliet's Town Supervisor and represented Watervliet on the Albany County Board of Supervisors from 1883 to 1885. He was president of the county board in 1885.
In 1886 Kane was elected to the 50th United States Congress. He served from March 4, 1887 until his death from tuberculosis in Albany on September 14, 1887, before the Congressional session started. (At the time, elections were held in November, terms began the following March 4th, and the Congressional session began in the following December.)
He was interred in St. Agnes Cemetery, Colonie, New York.