C.E. Lane

Charles Edward Lane

Full Name: Charles Edward Lane
Date of birth: January 20, 1856
Date of death: December 1, 1940

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 45 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat La Grange / Fayette   Fayette
H 45 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat La Grange / Fayette   Fayette

Terms of Service top

House District 45
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: La Grange / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette
House District 45
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: La Grange / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Judge Charles Edward Lane, birth date 1/20/1856 in Fayette County; death date 12/1/1940 in Houston, Harris County; lawyer/court. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Charles Edward Lane (1856-1940), burial in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary and photo, "Judge Lane's Services Set in City Today: Associate Justice of Galveston Appeals Court Retired in 1937 After 30-Year Service," 12/2/1940, pp. 1, 6. Houston Chronicle.
  • Obituary, Judge C.E. Lane, La Grange Journal, 12/5/1940, p. 5, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. "In 1898 he was elected to the legislature and re-elected in 1900, serving until 1902. From that year until appointed to the position of first assistant attorney general of Texas by Governor O.B. Colquitt, in 1910, he practiced law in La Grange." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

  • Photograph. C.E. Lane, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. C.E. Lane, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. C.E. Lane, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

27th R.S. - 1901
Asylums (Chair) 
Congressional Districts  
Judiciary No. 2  
Railroad Commission  
Rules  
Visit Storm Stricken District of Texas Coast (Co-Chair) 
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, Investigate  
26th R.S. - 1899
Judiciary No. 2  
Military Affairs  
Public Buildings and Grounds  
State Reformatory, Joint Committee on  

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