Kathleen Granahan Kane (born Kathleen Margaret Granahan; June 14, 1966)[1] is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania, serving from January 2013 to August 2016.[2] She was the first female and also the first Democrat ever elected to the position (though both women and Democrats had held the office before it became elective in 1980).[3][4][5]