Lafayette Lane

Lafayette Lane

Lafayette Lane (born November 12, 1842 in Evansville , Indiana , † November 23, 1896 in Roseburg , Oregon ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Oregon in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Lafayette Lane was a member of a prominent family of politicians. His father, Joseph Lane, was a US Senator , Congress delegate, and Governor of the Oregon Territory . His nephew Harry Lane represented the state of Oregon in the US Senate between 1913 and 1917.

Lafayette Lane attended the public schools in Washington, DC and Stamford ( Connecticut ). In 1849 he moved to the territory via the Oregon Trail with his father, who had been appointed Territorial Governor of Oregon. After studying law, he began working as a lawyer in Roseburg.

Political career

Lafayette Lane became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1864 he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives. Two years later he unsuccessfully applied for the position of Secretary of State , the executive officer, of Oregon. In 1874 he revised the laws of this state as Code Commissioner . In the congressional elections this year, his Democratic party colleague George Augustus La Dow was elected to the US House of Representatives. But this died before the Congress met in Washington. The due by-election in Oregon won Lane, who took up his mandate on October 25, 1875 and held until the end of the legislature of the 44th Congress on March 3, 1877. In the regular congressional elections of 1876, he was defeated by Republican Richard Williams .

After his time in Congress was over, Lane returned to Roseburg to work as a lawyer again. He died there in 1896. He was married to Amanda Mann since 1854.

Web links

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

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