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 | Lane reluctantly accepted his party's nomination to run for mayor of San Francisco in 1903, and the election turned into a bitter three-way contest splitting the labor vote between Lane and incumbent Mayor Eugene Schmitz, the Union Labor Party candidate. |
| Lane moved to Washington and served on the ICC for the next seven years, 1906-13, being reappointed by President Taft in 1909 and elected chair in 1913. |
| Lane of American birth there is little doubt that he now would be seriously considered for the leadership of his party in the approaching campaign." Lane was 57 years old and in debt. |
| American President (309 words) |
| Franklin Lane was born on July 15, 1864, on Prince Edward Island in Canada. |
| Lane studied first at the University of California before earning a law degree from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco; he was admitted to the California state bar in 1888. |
| Lane remained in that post from 1913 until 1920, advocating for the democratic, antimonopolistic, and efficient development of natural resources. |
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