Ellsberry Richard Lane

Full Name: Ellsberry Richard Lane
Date of birth: July 6, 1840
Date of death: August 18, 1904

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	28	Jan 14, 1879 - Feb 1, 1882	16th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Goliad / Goliad		Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Lucas H. Brown, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Ellsberry R. Lane, resigned 2/1/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(5) Ellsberry R. Lane, sworn in 16th Legislature, succeeded William H. Crain, resigned 8/20/1877. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Listed as member of 15th, 16th, and 17th legislatures. Note under members of the 15th legislature: "Lane, sworn in 16th Legislature, succeeded William H. Crain, resigned August 20, 1877." Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(7) Listed as member of 16th and 17th legislatures only. Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846-1962, 1962.
(8) 16th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 28
Jan 14, 1879 - Feb 1, 1882
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Goliad / Goliad
Counties in district: Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson

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Biographical Sketches

Col. Ellsberry Richard Lane, and obituaries, San Antonio Semi-Weekly Express, 8/23/1904, and Dallas Morning News, 8/19/1904. Bartlett, Loop, Fortson, Walker, and Other Families, 2023. Biographical sketch Obituaries
Obituary, "Col. E.R. Lane Dead: Was Well Known in Southwest Texas," The Refugio Review, 8/26/1904, p. 2, crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library. Born 1838 in Louisville, Kentucky. "In 1879 he represented Goliad, Victoria and adjoining counties in the State Senate." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Ellsberry Richard Lane, "elected to the Texas Senate in 1878 for a four-year term." Clementina Bartlett (1815-1907) and Some of Her Descendants, part of the Jesse Bartlett-Frances Callaway Web Site. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
Biographical sketch, Ellsberry R. Lane, p. 248. Born 1839 in Indiana. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Lieutenant (later Captain), 4th Texas Mounted Volunteers. Novels of the Civil War in the Far West. pgnagle.com.

Other Resources

Portrait and memorial, Ellsberry R. Lane. Born 7/6/1840 in Louisville, Kentucky; died 8/18/1904 in Laurafield, Texas. Novels of the Civil War in the Far West. pgnagle.com.

Photographs

Photograph. E.R. Lane, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Finance (Chair) Frontier Protection General Land Office Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs Public Debt Retrenchment and Reform Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment Stock and Stock Raising
16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Consider Report of the Joint Committee Appointed to Visit Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Enrolled Bills Finance Funeral and Remains of the Late Honorable Gustave Schleicher (Co-Chair) General Land Office Governor's Mansion Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Land Forgeries Land Frauds Military Affairs New Judiciary Article to the Constitution Public Debt Public Lands (Chair) Revision of Code Stock and Stock Raising

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