| Loren Collins | |
| Birth Name: | Loren Warren Collins |
| Birth Place: | Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Birth Date: | August 7, 1838 |
| Death Date: | September 27, 1912 (aged 74) |
| Death Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Office: | Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | 1887 |
| Term End: | 1904 |
| Office1: | Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives |
| Term Start1: | 1881 |
| Term End1: | 1885 |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
| Unit: | 7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment |
Loren Warren "L.W." Collins (August 7, 1838 - September 27, 1912) was an American jurist and politician.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Collins moved with his family to Eden Prairie, Minnesota Territory, in 1853. He studied law in Hastings, Minnesota.[1]
Collins served in the 7th Minnesota Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and practiced law in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He served as mayor of St. Cloud and as county attorney for Stearns County, Minnesota. Collins served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1881 to 1885. He then served as a Minnesota District Court judge from 1885 to 1887. Collins served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1887 until his resignation in 1904. Collins was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1904 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
Collins died at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2]