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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Lafayette Lane was a member of a prominent political family. His father Joseph Lane was U.S. senator, congress delegate and governor of the Oregon Territory. His nephew Harry Lane was of 1913-1917 the state of Oregon in the U.S. Senate.

Lafayette Lane attended the public schools in Washington DC and Stamford (Connecticut). In 1849 he crossed the Oregon Trail with his father, who had been appointed territorial governor of Oregon, in this territory. After studying law, he began in Roseburg to work as a lawyer.

Political career

Lafayette Lane was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1864 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Oregon. Two years later, he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Secretary of State, of the management officials of Oregon. In 1874 he revised the Code Commissioner the laws of that State. In the congressional elections this year, his Democratic Party colleague George Augustus La Dow was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. But he died before the Congress in Washington met. The mature -election in Oregon won Lane, who took his seat on 25 October 1875, and held until the end of the legislative session of the 44th Congress on March 3, 1877. In the regular congressional elections of 1876 he was defeated by Republican Richard Williams.

After the end of his time in Congress, Lane returned to Roseburg, get back to work as a lawyer. He is also passed in 1896. He was married to Amanda man since 1854.