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This article is about the U.S. Representative from Iowa. For the U.S. Senator from Oregon, see
Joseph Lane
.
Joseph Reed Lane
(May 6, 1858 ? May 1, 1931) was an attorney and a one-term
Republican
U.S. Representative
from
Iowa's 2nd congressional district
at the close of the 19th century.
Lane was born in
Davenport, Iowa
, as the son of local attorney James T. Lane and his wife Annie.
[1]
He attended the public schools in Davenport.
He was graduated from
Knox College
,
Galesburg, Illinois
, in 1878 and from the
University of Iowa College of Law
at
Iowa City, Iowa
in 1880.
He was
admitted to the bar
in the latter year and commenced practice in Davenport with his father's law firm, the predecessor to the Lane & Waterman firm.
[1]
He served as a regent of the
University of Iowa
, and was a member of the Davenport City Council from 1884 to 1889.
In 1898, incumbent Republican Congressman
George M. Curtis
refused to run for a third term as representative of Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and no clear replacement as Republican nominee emerged prior to the party's district nominating convention.
[2]
At that convention, Lane became a candidate and was chosen by acclamation.
[3]
After defeating John J. Ney in the general election, Lane served in the
Fifty-sixth
Congress (March 4, 1899 ? March 3, 1901).
In July 1900 he made the surprising announcement that would not seek re-election, citing personal and private business reasons.
[4]
He resumed the practice of law in Davenport. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908.
Lane died in Davenport on May 1, 1931. He was interred in
Oakdale Cemetery
.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
"Joe Lane, G.O.P. Leader, is Dead,' Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1931-05-01 at pp. 1-2.
- ^
"Something Rotten," Davenport Daily Leaders, 1898-09-05 at p. 4.
- ^
"Joe R. Lane for Congress," Davenport Daily Republican, 1898-09-08 at p. 1.
- ^
"Joe Lane Quits," Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, 1900-07-03 at p. 4.
This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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