| LC control no. | n 84123106 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881 |
| Variant(s) | Lane, Joe, 1801-1881 |
| See also | Oregon Territory. Governor (1849-1850 : Lane) |
| Birth date | 1801-12-14 |
| Death date | 1881-04-19 |
| Place of birth | Buncombe County (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Roseburg (Or.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Special note | Hdg rev per Desc Pol |
| Found in | Portraits and sketches of John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane, 1860: t.p. ; p. 7 (b. 12/14/1801) Southwick, L.H. Presidential also-rans and running mates, 1788-1980, 1984: p. 270, etc. (Joseph Lane; Joe Lane; 1860 vice presidential nominee of National Democratic Party; businessman and soldier, serving in Mexican War; member Indiana legislature; territorial governor of Oregon, 1849-50; represented Oregon in Congress; b. 12/14/1801; d. 4/19/1881) OCLC, Feb. 15, 2007 (hdgs.: Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881; Lane, Joseph, b. 1801) Biographical director of the United States Congress website, viewed March 13, 2019 (Lane, Joseph, (father of La Fayette Lane and grandfather of Harry Lane), a Delegate and a Senator from Oregon; born in Buncombe County, N.C., December 14, 1801; moved with his parents to Henderson, Ky., in 1810; attended the common schools; worked in a general store; moved to Vanderburg County, Ind., in 1821 and farmed; elected to the first of several terms in the State house of representatives in 1822; member, State senate 1844-1846; during the Mexican War, led a brigade in several battles; brevetted major general in 1847; appointed by President James Polk to be governor of the Territory of Oregon 1849-1850, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1852; elected as a Delegate from the Territory to the Thirty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from June 21, 1851, until February 14, 1859, when the Territory became a State; upon the admission of Oregon as a State into the Union in 1859 was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from February 14, 1859, to March 3, 1861; did not seek reelection in 1860, having become a candidate for Vice President; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-sixth Congress), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in 1860; died in Roseburg, Oreg., April 19, 1881; interment in the Masonic Cemetery) |
| Not found in | The first printed message of the first governor of Oregon, 1938. |
| Associated language | eng |
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