Joseph Lane
American politician
Died when: 79 years 126 days (952 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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Joseph "Joe" Lane (December 14, 1801 – April 19, 1881) was an American politician and soldier.He was a state legislator representing Evansville, Indiana, and then served in the Mexican–American War, becoming a general.
President James K.Polk appointed Lane as the first Governor of Oregon Territory.When Oregon was admitted as a state in 1859, Lane was elected one of Oregon's first two U.S.
Senators.In the 1860 United States presidential election, Lane was nominated for vice president of the pro-slavery Southern wing of the Democratic Party, as John C.
Breckinridge's running mate.Lane's pro-slavery views and sympathy for the Confederate States of America in the Civil War effectively ended his political career in Oregon.
One of his sons was later elected U.S.Representative, and a grandson U.S.Senator, making Lane the patriarch of one of the state's most prominent political families.
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