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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Henry S. Lane |
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Crawfordsville, Indiana , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 24, 1811
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| Died | June 18, 1881
(70 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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| Info | LANE, Henry Smith, a Republican politician from Indiana who served as U.S. Representative, US Senator, and Governor. Considered to be one of the most eloquent Republican stump speakers of his time, only excelled by Oliver P. Morton [Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, 6/23/1881]
Born near Sharpsburg, Bath County, Ky., 2/24/1811; received a classical education from private tutors; studied law; admitted to the bar in Mount Sterling, Ky., in 1832 and commenced practice at Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1834
Indiana State Senate (W) 1837
Indiana State House (W) 1838-1839
U.S. Representative (W-IN) 1840-1843
Served in the Mexican War at the head of a company he had raised; rose to lieutenant colonel of the First Indiana Regiment
Engaged in the banking business at Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1854
Joined the Republican Party in 1854
Chairman of the first Republican National Convention, held in Philadelphia in 1856
Elected to the US Senate as a Republican from Indiana in 1858, but the seat was granted to Jesse Bright who challenged his election.
Delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1860 and supported Abraham Lincoln for the presidency
Governor (R-IN) 1861; served only two days before resigning to become a U.S. Senator
US Senate (R-IN) 1861-1867; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Pensions (Thirty-ninth Congress)
Special Indian commissioner 1869-1871
Commissioner for improvement of the Mississippi River in 1872
Died in Crawfordsville, Ind., 6/18/1881; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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