Elias Kent Kane
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N 37° 55.006 W 089° 49.607
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Gravesite and historical marker of US Senator Elias Kent Kane.
Waymark Code: WM2372
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2007
Views: 18
Elias Kent Kane was US Senator, first Illinois Secretary of State and architect of Illinois' first constitution. There is a historical marker at his grave.
Description:
Elias Kent Kane, architect of the State's first constitution, was born in New York in 1794. Kane studied law and began his practice in Tennessee. In 1814, he moved to Kaskaskia, where he was appointed a judge of the Illinois territory.
Active in politics, in 1818, Kane was a delegate to the first state constitutional convention. He dominated the convention, which framed a constitution that allowed the retention of slavery. Governor Shadrach Bond appointed Kane as the first Secretary of State. A Jacksonian Democrat, Kane was elected to the United States Senate in 1824, where he served until his death in 1835.
Date of birth: 01/01/1794
Date of death: 01/01/1835
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Horizontal Marker
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
Web site: Not listed
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