Jonathan Lane

Full Name: Jonathan Lane
Date of birth: October 15, 1853
Date of death: May 27, 1916

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	13	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891	20th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	La Grange / Fayette		Bastrop, Fayette, Lee

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 13
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 20th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: La Grange / Fayette
Counties in district: Bastrop, Fayette, Lee

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Jonathan Lane, Who's Who on the Pacific Coast, edited by Franklin Harper, Harper Publishing Company, 1913, p. 333. Birth date 10/15/1855, marriage to Alma Harrison 12/28/1880 at Flatonia. Ancestry.com.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Hon. J. Lane, pp. 217-218. Born 10/15/1853. Fayette County, Her History and Her People, 1902.
LANE, JONATHAN (1853-1916). Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Jonathan Lane, pp. 26-27. Born 10/15/1855 in Fayette County. Men of Affairs of Houston and Environs: A Newspaper Reference Work, 1913.
Biographical sketch, Jonathan Lane, p. 82. Born 10/15/1854. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, Jonathan Lane, pp. 197-198. Born 10/15/1854. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, p. 366. Born 10/15/1855. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Other Resources

Jonathan Lane, death date 5/27/1916 in Nueces County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
Jonathan Lane, birth date 10/15/1853, death date 5/27/1916, portrait, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Flatonia, Fayette County. Find a Grave.
Obituary and photo, "Jonathan Lane, Leader in South Texas Bar, is Dead," 5/28/1916, p. 14. Born in Alabama 62 years ago (born 1854), elected to state senate from Fayette County. Died 5/27/1916 at Port Aransas. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. Jno. Lane, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jonathan Lane, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

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21st R.S. - 1889 Education Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs Mining, Geology and Irrigation Private Land Claims Public Health Roads and Bridges (Chair) State Affairs
20th R.S. - 1887 Commerce and Manufactures Deficiency in Public School Fund and Delay in Payments of Interest on Land Notes Enrolled Bills Fraudulent Renditions of Property for Taxation General Land Office Insurance, Statistics and History (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs P.H. Hennessy, Sergeant at Arms Private Land Claims Proposition by T.H. Wheless, Stenographic Report of the Proceedings of the Legislature Public Health Roads and Bridges State Affairs

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