James Henry Lane (Union General)
James Henry Lane, also known as Jim Lane, (June 22,1814 - July 11,1866) was a partisan during the Bleeding Kansas period. It was right before the American Civil War. During the war itself, Lane was a United States Senator, and he was a general for the Union. Although reelected as a Senator during 1865, Lane committed suicide the next year.
Biography
Lane was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He was the son of Amos Lane.
He was a U. S. congressman from Indiana (1853-1855) where he voted for the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
On June 3,1858, Lane shot and killed Gaius Jenkins in a land dispute in Lawrence. Reports say Jenkins was coming to get water from a well on the disputed land. Jenkins was reported to have been showing a revolver. Lane had a shotgun. One of the men with Jenkins shot Lane in the leg, and Lane shot back killing Jenkins.
Death and legacy
On July 1,1866 Lane shot himself in the head as he jumped from his carriage in Leavenworth, Kansas.
The following places were named in honor of him:
Lane University, Lecompton
Lane, Kansas
Lane County, Kansas
References
Other websites
Retrieved on 2008-02-19
James H. Lane at Territorial Kansas Online
James H. Lane at PBS: New Perspectives on The West
James H. Lane at Downfall Dictionary
James H. Lane at Mr. Lincoln' s White House
Senator Jim at Bull Run
Kansas Republicans
United States senators from Kansas
19th-century American politicians
American Civil War generals
1866 deaths
1814 births
Lieutenant Governors of Indiana
Military people from Indiana