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Lang (Born was educ LANE lottetown)

A or; born was educ LANE lottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 1854. He was brought to California in his early childhood and was educated at the University of California. He engaged in newspaper studied law. He was admitted to the work and also bar in 1889. From 1897 to 1902 he was corporation counsel of San Francisco.

In the latter year he was Democratic candidate for governor of the State.

From 1905 to March , 1913, he was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

He was also a member of the permanent International Railway Commission, representing the United States Government.

On March 5, 1913, FRANKLIN K. LANE he became Secretary of the Interior in President Wilson's Cabinet and continued in this post until May, 1920, when he resigned. He was universally considered to be one of the strongest members of his Cabinet and one of its few members who remained in active service during the greater part of both the terms of President Wilson. During the war he was a member of the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross. In 1916 he was a member of the American- Mexican High Commission . In 1918 he was chairman of the Railroad Wage Commission and was also chairman of the International Industrial Conference held in 1919.