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Franklin Knight Lane (1864–1921) was a Canadian-American Democratic politician who served as United States Secretary of the Interior.

Lane was born July 15, 1864 in DeSable, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Woodrow Wilson nominated him to be Secretary of the Interior in 1913 and he served until 1920. The accomplishments of his tenure include the formation of the National Park Service and the move of the Department headquarters from the Patent Office building to its own building. He was interested in the Interior Department's internal welfare and formed the Home Club to promote fellowship and teamwork.

Lane died May 18, 1921 in Rochester, Minnesota, and his ashes were scattered over Yosemite. He became better known posthumously by being quoted in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire.

There is a high school within New York City named after Franklin Knight Lane. It straddles the border between Queens and Brooklyn. The team nickname is the "Knights."

[edit] External links

• Biographical vignette from the U.S. National Park Service
• The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History (1989)
• Works by Franklin Knight Lane at Project Gutenberg
  • Letters of Franklin K. Lane, available freely at Project Gutenberg

Preceded by: Walter Lowrie Fisher

United States Secretary of the Interior 1913–1920

Succeeded by: John Barton Payne

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