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American politician This article is about the U.S. Representative from Iowa. For the U.S. Senator from Oregon, see Joseph Lane.

Joseph R. Lane


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901
Preceded by	George M. Curtis
Succeeded by	John N. W. Rumple

Personal details
Born	(1858-05-06)May 6, 1858 Davenport, Iowa, USA
Died	May 1, 1931(1931-05-01) (aged 72) Davenport, Iowa
Political party	Republican
Profession	Attorney

Joseph Reed Lane (May 6, 1858 – May 1, 1931) was an attorney and a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district at the close of the 19th century.

Lane was born in Davenport, Iowa, as the son of local attorney James T. Lane and his wife Annie. He attended the public schools in Davenport. He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878 and from the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa City, Iowa in 1880. He was admitted to the bar in the latter year and commenced practice in Davenport with his father's law firm, the predecessor to the Lane & Waterman firm. He served as a regent of the University of Iowa, and was a member of the Davenport City Council from 1884 to 1889.

In 1898, incumbent Republican Congressman George M. Curtis refused to run for a third term as representative of Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and no clear replacement as Republican nominee emerged prior to the party's district nominating convention. At that convention, Lane became a candidate and was chosen by acclamation. After defeating John J. Ney in the general election, Lane served in the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901).

In July 1900 he made the surprising announcement that would not seek re-election, citing personal and private business reasons. He resumed the practice of law in Davenport. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908.

Lane died in Davenport on May 1, 1931. He was interred in Oakdale Cemetery.

References

^ "Joe Lane, G.O.P. Leader, is Dead,' Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, 1931-05-01 at pp. 1-2.
"Something Rotten," Davenport Daily Leaders, 1898-09-05 at p. 4.
"Joe R. Lane for Congress," Davenport Daily Republican, 1898-09-08 at p. 1.
"Joe Lane Quits," Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, 1900-07-03 at p. 4.

United States Congress. "Joseph R. Lane (id: L000063)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byGeorge M. Curtis	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	Succeeded byJohn N. W. Rumple

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa
1st	W. Thompson Miller Henn A. Hall S. Curtis J. F. Wilson McCrary Stone McCoid B. Hall Gear Seerley Gear S. Clark Hedge Kennedy Kopp Eicher Martin Schwengel Schmidhauser Schwengel Mezvinsky Leach Nussle Braley Blum Finkenauer Hinson Miller-Meeks
2nd	Leffler L. Clark J. P. Cook Thorington Davis Vandever Price Smyth W. Wolf Cotton Tufts Price Farwell Murphy Hayes G. Curtis Lane Rumple Wade Dawson Pepper Vollmer Hull Letts B. Jacobsen W. Jacobsen Talle L. Wolf Bromwell Culver Blouin Tauke Nussle Leach Loebsack Miller-Meeks Hinson
3rd	Allison Donnan Ainsworth Burdick Updegraff Henderson Birdsall Pickett Connolly Sweet Robinson Willford Gwynne Gross Grassley Evans Nagle Lightfoot Boswell Latham Young Axne Nunn
4th	Grinnell Loughridge Walden Pratt Deering Weller Fuller Sweney Butler Updegraff Haugen Biermann Talle LeCompte Carter Kyl Bandstra Kyl N. Smith Ganske Latham King Feenstra
5th	Kasson G. Dodge Palmer J. Wilson R. Clark W. G. Thompson J. Wilson Frederick Kerr J. Hamilton Cousins Good Cole Thurston LeCompte Cunningham N. Smith Scherle Harkin Lightfoot Grandy Latham King
6th	A. Hubbard Pomeroy Orr Loughridge Sampson Weaver Cutts J. C. Cook Cutts J. C. Cook Weaver Lacey White Lacey D. Hamilton Kendall Kirkpatrick Ramseyer Dowell Utterback Dowell Goodwin Cunningham Gilchrist J. I. Dolliver Coad Hoeven Greigg Mayne Bedell Grandy
7th	Kasson Cummings E. Gillette Kasson H. Smith Conger Hays Hull Prouty Dowell Wearin Jensen Hansen Scherle
8th	McDill Sapp Hepburn Anderson Flick Hepburn Jamieson Towner Evans Thurston Gilchrist Hoeven
9th	Orr Oliver Carpenter Pusey Lyman Reed Bowman Hager McPherson W. Smith Green Vincent Swanson G. Gillette Harrington Narey
10th	Holmes J. P. Dolliver Conner Woods Dickinson Gilchrist
11th	Struble Perkins Thomas E. Hubbard Scott Steele Scott Boies Campbell
AL	Hastings Leffler
Terr	Chapman A. Dodge

Iowa's delegation(s) to the 56th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

56th

Senate:

▌W. Allison (R)
▌J. Gear (R)
▌J. Dolliver (R)

House:

▌D. Henderson (R)
▌W. Hepburn (R)
▌J. Dolliver (R)
▌J. Hull (R)
▌J. Lacey (R)
▌R. Cousins (R)
▌G. Haugen (R)
▌T. Hedge (R)
▌J. Lane (R)
▌S. McPherson (R)
▌L. Thomas (R)
▌W. Smith (R)
▌J. Conner (R)

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