Amos Lane, U.S. Congress

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Amos Lane

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Birthplace: near Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, United States
Death: September 02, 1849 (71)
Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States
Place of Burial: Greendale, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Amos Lane and Asanath Lane
Husband of Mary Lane
Father of Captain John Foote Lane; Brig. Gen. James "Jim" Henry Lane, U.S. Senator; George W. Lane; Ann Lane and Mary Lane

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About Amos Lane, U.S. Congress

Amos Lane (March 1, 1778 - September 2, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1833 to 1837.

Early life and education

Born near Aurora, New York, Lane attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1808. He moved to Burlington, Kentucky, and practiced law. He returned to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1814 and continued the practice of his profession. That same year, his son James Henry Lane, was born.

Political career

Lane was elected a member of the first Indiana House of Representatives in 1816. He was reelected in 1817.

Lane was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress.

He resumed the practice of law. He was again a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1839 and served as speaker.

Later life

He died in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, September 2, 1849. He was interred in the Lawrenceburg Cemetery. He was reinterred in Greendale Cemetery.

Sources

  • "Amos Lane." Wikipedia, revision of 12 July 2022. < link > Accessed 14 September 2023.
  • "Amos Lane." Find a Grave. < link > Accessed 14 September 2023.
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Amos Lane, U.S. Congress's Timeline

1778
March 1, 1778
near Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, United States
1809
1809
1814
June 22, 1814
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States
1849
September 2, 1849
Age 71
Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States
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Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States