Amos Lane

Amos Lane (born March 1, 1778 in Aurora , Cayuga County , New York , †  September 2, 1849 in Lawrenceburg , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Amos Lane attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession in Lawrenceburg in 1808. In the meantime he moved to Burlington , Kentucky . In 1814 he returned to Lawrenceburg. At the same time he began a political career. In the years 1816 and 1817 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Indiana and at times speaker of this chamber.

Lane joined the movement around President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . In the congressional elections of 1832 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly created fourth constituency of Indiana , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1833. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 4, 1837 . These were determined by the discussions about President Jackson's policies. It was about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act , the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president.

In 1836 Lane lost to George H. Dunn of the Whig Party . In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1839 he was re-elected to the Indiana House of Representatives and subsequently became its president. He died in Lawrenceburg on September 2, 1849. Amos Lane was the father of James Henry Lane (1814-1866), the Congressman for Indiana, US Senator for Kansas and General of the Union in the Civil War .

Web links

• Amos Lane in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Amos Lane in the database of Find a Grave (English)