Franklin Knight Lane — American Politician born on July 15, 1864, died on May 18, 1921

Franklin Knight Lane was a political progressive and American Democratic politician from California who served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920. He also served as a commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of California in 1902, losing a narrow race in what was then a heavily Republican state... (wikipedia)

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.
My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.
A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.
For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.
No man should have a political office because he wants a job.