US governor and legislator, born in Buncombe Co, North Carolina, USA. A farmer and merchant in Indiana, he emerged a hero from the Mexican War and was appointed first territorial governor of Oregon (184850). He was a member of the House of Representatives (Democrat, Oregon, 18519) and the Senate (185961). In 1860 he ran for vice-president as a Democratic that favoured secession, thus ending his public career.
| Joseph Lane | |
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| Born | 1801 |
| Died | 1881 |
Joseph Lane (1801 – 1881) was an American general during the Mexican-American War and a U.S. Senator from Oregon.
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Preceded by: George Abernethy* |
Governor of Oregon Territory 1848-1850, 1853 |
Succeeded by: Kintzing Prichette (1850) George Law Curry (1853) |
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Preceded by: Samuel Thurston |
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon Territory 1851-1853 |
Succeeded by: none |
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Preceded by: Position created (Oregon Statehood) |
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Oregon 1857-1861 |
Succeeded by: James W. Breckinridge |
Democratic Party vice presidential candidate** 1860 (lost) |
Succeeded by: George Hunt Pendleton |
| * George Abernethy served as head of the Oregon Territory's provisional government before official territorial status was granted by Congress in 1848. | ||||
| ** The Democratic party split in 1860, producing two vice presidential candidates. Herschel Vespasian Johnson was nominated by Northern Democrats. | ||||
| United States Democratic Party Vice Presidential Nominees |
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| Calhoun • Van Buren • R Johnson • Dallas • Butler • King • Breckinridge • H Johnson/Lane(SD), Pendleton • Blair • Brown • Hendricks • English • Hendricks • Thurman • Stevenson • Sewall • Stevenson • Davis • Kern • Marshall • Roosevelt • Bryan • Robinson • Garner • Wallace • Truman • Barkley • Sparkman • Kefauver • L Johnson • Humphrey • Muskie • Eagleton/Shriver • Mondale • Ferraro • Bentsen • Gore • Lieberman • Edwards |
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