Amos Lane (March 1, 1778 – September 2, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1833 to 1837.

Early life and education

Born near Aurora, New York, Lane attended the public schools. He studied law, was

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and commenced practice at

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, in 1808. He moved to

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, and practiced law. He returned to

, in 1814 and continued the practice of his profession. That same year, his son

James Henry Lane James Lane may refer to: * James Henry Lane (Union general) (1814–1866), Kansas senator and U.S. Army general * James Henry Lane (Confederate general) (1833–1907), university professor and Confederate general in the American Civil War * James ...

, was born.

Political career

Lane was elected a member of the first

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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

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. 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

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

References

External links

Amos Lane Letter
in the collection of the

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Amos 1778 births 1849 deaths 19th-century American politicians Indiana Democratic-Republicans Indiana lawyers Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Kentucky lawyers People from Aurora, Cayuga County, New York People from Burlington, Kentucky People from Lawrenceburg, Indiana Speakers of the Indiana House of Representatives