Amos Lane
Amos Lane | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives | |
| In office 1839–1840 | |
| United States House of Representatives | |
| In office 1833–1837 | |
| Indiana House of Representatives | |
| In office 1816–1822 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1778 Aurora, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1849 (aged 71) Lawrenceburg, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Jacksonian |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Amos Lane (March 1, 1778 – September 2, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1833 to 1837. His youngest son, James Henry Lane, was a controversial figure during the Bleeding Kansas struggles prompted by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, as well as the commander of the Kansas Brigade effecting the emancipation of slaves in Missouri during the American Civil War.