Joseph R. Lane
Template:Otherpeople4 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 nineteenth 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 regent of the University of Iowa, and was a member of the Davenport City Council from 1884 to 1889.
In 1898, Lane was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House, serving in the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900. Instead, 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
- United States Congress. "Joseph R. Lane (id: L000063)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
