| LC control no. | n 81057278 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866 |
| Variant(s) | Lane, James H. (James Henry), 1814-1866 Lane, Jim, 1814-1866 Lane, J. H. (James Henry), 1814-1866 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1814-06-22 |
| Death date | 1866-07-11 |
| Place of birth | Lawrenceburg (Ind.) |
| Place of death | Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) |
| Field of activity | Law |
| Affiliation | Indiana. Lieutenant Governor (1849-1853 : Lane) United States. Congress. House Free State Party Kansas Territory. Constitutional Convention (1855) Kansas Territory. Constitutional Convention (1857) Kansas. Militia United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Democratic Party members (United States) Lawyers Legislators Senators |
| Found in | His Papers, 1841-1923. Bauer, C.J. The odd couple who hanged Mary Surratt, c1980: p. ix, etc. (Senator Jim Lane) Stephenson, W.H. The political career of General James H. Lane, 1930: t.p. (General James H. Lane) Lane, James Henry. Speeches of Hon. James H. Lane, in the Cooper Institute, New York, and of General Neal Dow, in the new City Hall, Portland, 1864: page 10 (Hon. James H. Lane) Lane, J. H. Vindication of the policy of the administration, 1864: title page (Hon. J.H. Lane, of Kansas) Who was who in America, 1607-1896 (Lane, James Henry; senator; born Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 22, 1814; admitted to bar; member city council; lt. gov. Indiana, 1849-1853; member U.S. House of Reps. (Democrat) from Indiana, 33d Congress, 1853-1855; became leader Free State Party in Kansas, 1855; chairman, Exec. Com. of Kansas Territory, 1855; elected pres. Topeka (Kan) Constitutional Convention, 1855; led an army in attacks on pro-slavery strongholds in Kansas, 1856; pres. Leavenworth (Kan.) Constitutional Convention, 1857; major general Kansas Militia, circa 1857; appointed brig. gen. Kansas Volunteers by Pres. Lincoln, 1861; member U.S. Senate from Kansas, April 4, 1861-July 11, 1866; delegate to Union League, 1864; represented Kansas on Nat. Com. and as chairman Nat. Union Com. for West which urged Western radicals to support Pres. Lincoln for re-election; died near Leavenworth, July 11, 1866) Findagrave.com, searched January 13, 2022 (James Henry Lane; born 22 June 1814, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, USA; died 11 July 1866 (aged 52), Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10284/james-henry-lane> |
| Associated language | eng |
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