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Landrum, John M – Lane, La Fayette
Landrum, John M
lawyer, congressman, was born July 3, 1815, in Edgefield district, S. C. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the thirtysixth congress; and resigned in 1861.
Landry, J. Aristide
congressman, was born in Louisiana. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.
Landy, James
merchant, congressman, was born Oct. 13, 1813, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1856 he was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth congress from Pennsylvania. He died July 24, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Lane, Albert Grannis
educator, was born March 15, 1841, in Chicago, Ill.
For eleven years he was principal of the Chicago Franklin school, county superintendent of schools for eighteen years; and since 1891 has been superintendent of the Chicago schools.
Lane, Amos
lawyer, legislator, was born March 1, 1778, near Aurora, N. Y.
He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1833 to 1839, having previously been a member of the state legislature, and served one session as speaker. He died Sept. 2, 1849, in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Lane, Ebenezer
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 17, 1793, in Northampton, Mass.
He moved to Norwalk, Ohio; became judge of the court of common pleas in 1824; and from 1837 till 1845 was judge of the supreme court of Ohio. He died June 13, 1866, in Sandusky, Ohio.
Lane, Edward
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 27, 1842, in Cleveland, Ohio. He received an academic education, afterwards read law, and was licensed to practice by the supreme court of the state of Illinois in February, 1865, and has since practiced his profession. He was elected judge in 1869, and served one term. He was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Lane, George W
lawyer, jurist. He was appointed a United States district judge in Alabama. He died Nov. 12, 1863, in Louisville, Ky.
Lane, James Henry
soldier, statesman, was born June 22, 1814, in Lawrenceburg, Ind. In 1849 he was lieutenant-governor of Indiana; and was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1853 to 1855. He settled in Kansas; and was elected by the people major-general of the free state troops. On the admission of Kansas into the union, he was chosen a senator in congress; and was reelected for the term ending in 1871. He died July 1, 1866, in Leavenworth, Kan.
Lane, John Watson
physician, philosopher, was born March 6, 1830, in Ripley, Ohio. He graduated in medicine from the Cincinnati Medical college, and is a prominent physician of Hamilton, Ill.
He has written extensively concerning the Truths of Religion, freed from Dogma; and is the author of a number of poems.
Lane, Jonathan H
journalist, scientist, was born Aug. 9, 1819, in Geneseo, N. Y. He published papers on Electricity; On the Law of Electric Induction in Metals; and On the Law of Induction of an Electric Current on Itself. He also published Theoretical Temperature of the Sun; and Description of a New Form of Mercurial Horizon. He died May 3, 1880, in Washington, D. C.
Lane, La Fayette
legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 12, 1842, in Vanderburg county, Ind. He was elected to the legislature of Oregon in 1864; and in 1875 was elected a representative to the forty-fourth congress. He died Nov. 24, 1896, in Roseburg, Oregon.