The Lanes
- Joel Lane (1740–1795), North Carolina State Senator 1782-1794, delegate to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention 1788 1789. Granduncle of Joseph Lane.
- Joseph Lane (1801–1881), Territorial Governor of Oregon, 1948-1850, 1853; Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon Territory, 1851–1859; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1859–1861; Southern Democratic vice presidential nominee, 1860.
- David L. Swain (1801–1868), Governor of North Carolina 1832-1835. Grandnephew of Joel Lane.
- Lafayette Lane (1842–1896), U.S. Representative from Oregon, 1875–1877; son of Joseph Lane.
- Lafayette F. Mosher (1824–1890), Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court 1872-1874. Son-in-law of Joseph Lane.
- James L. Robinson (1838–1887), North Carolina State Representative, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 1881-1884. Grandnephew of David L. Swain.
- Harry Lane (1855–1917), Mayor of Portland, Oregon, (1905–1909); U.S. Senator from Oregon, (1913–1917); grandson of Joseph Lane, nephew of Lafayette Lane.
NOTE: Joseph Lane was also first cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator Walter T. Colquitt.
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Famous quotes containing the word lanes:
“freeways fifty lanes wide
on a concrete continent
spaced with bland billboards
illustrating imbecile illusions of happiness”
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)