Barringer, Graham A. "The Life and Letters of Henry S. Lane." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Indiana, 1927.
LANE, Henry Smith
1811–1881
Biography
LANE, Henry Smith, a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born near Sharpsburg, Bath County, Ky., February 24, 1811; received a classical education from private tutors; studied law; admitted to the bar in Mount Sterling, Ky., in 1832 and commenced practice at Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1834; member, State senate 1837; member, State house of representatives 1838-1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Tilghman A. Howard; reelected to the Twenty-seventh Congress and served from August 3, 1840, to March 3, 1843; chair, Committee on Roads and Canals (Twenty-seventh Congress); served in the Mexican War at the head of a company he had raised; rose to lieutenant colonel of the First Indiana Regiment; abandoned the profession of law and engaged in the banking business at Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1854; elected Governor of Indiana in 1860; was inaugurated January 14, 1861, and served just two days, when, by previous arrangement, he was elected to the Senate; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1867; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-seventh through Thirty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Pensions (Thirty-ninth Congress); served as special Indian commissioner 1869-1871; commissioner for improvement of the Mississippi River in 1872; died in Crawfordsville, Ind., June 18, 1881; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Franklin College Library
Special Collections
Franklin, IN
Papers:
Masters thesis, "The Speaking of Henry Smith Lane, 1834-1856," by Henry A. Hawken, 1963, 74 pages.
Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis, IN
Papers:
1788-1936. 11 boxes and 54 items. Chiefly personal and business correspondence (1846-1876) including papers relating to his service in the Mexican War; founding of the Republican party; elections of 1856, 1858, and 1860; political conditions during the Civil War; work with Commission on Indian Affairs; family and legal matters; and business interests. Finding aid.
Additional Papers:
In Samuel Hall papers, 1810-1862; Charles Lanman collection, 1828-1869; Noble Chase Butler papers, 1809-1933; and Lew Wallace papers, 1799-1923 (bulk 1846-1906).
Indiana State Archives
Indianapolis, IN
Papers:
1861. 6 items. Gubernatorial correspondence. Finding aid.
Indiana State Library
Indianapolis, IN
Papers:
Several items and photographs in various collections.
Indiana University
Lilly Library
Bloomington, IN
Papers:
1828-1909. 791 items. Includes some typescripts of originals in other repositories.
Kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, KY
Papers:
Personal letters (1835-1849) from Lane to his sister and her family in Stone family papers.
Stanford University Libraries
Special Collections
Stanford, CA
Papers:
In John Franklin Miller papers, 1848-1886.
Wabash College
Lilly Library
Crawfordsville, IN
Papers:
Pamphlet, "Address delivered before the Western Literary Society of Wabash College," September 29, 1835; and program, "Grand Lincoln & Johnson Ratification meeting," June 15, 1864, includes Lane speech.
Yale University Libraries
Manuscripts and Archives
New Haven, CT
Papers:
In Carrington family papers, 1749-1929.
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Bibliography / Further Reading
Gronert, Theodore G. "Senator Henry S. Lane." Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society 35 (July 1937): 260-64.
Sharp, Walter Rice. "Henry S. Lane and the Formation of the Republican Party in Indiana." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 7 (September 1920): 93-112.
Wernle, Robert F. Henry Smith Lane, the Old War-Horse. Crawfordsville, IN: Montgomery County Historical Society, 1938.