William Carr Lane

William Carr Lane

Infobox Mayor
name = William Carr Lane


caption =
order = 3rd Governor of New Mexico Territory
term_start = 1852
term_end = 1853
predecessor = James S. Calhoun
successor = David Meriwether
order2 = 1st Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
term_start2 = 1823
term_end2 = 1829
predecessor2 =
successor2 = Daniel Page
term_start3 = 1837
term_end3 = 1840
predecessor3 = John Fletcher Darby
successor3 = John Fletcher Darby
birth_date = birth date|1789|12|01|mf=y
birth_place = Fayette County, Pennsylvania
death_date = death date and age|1863|01|06|1789|12|01
death_place = St. Louis, Missouri
constituency =
party = Whig
spouse = Mary Ewing
children =
profession =
religion =


footnotes =

Dr. William Carr Lane (December 1 1789 - January 6 1863) was a doctor, famous as the first mayor of St. Louis. He was the Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1852 to 1853.

Born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania to Presley Carr Lane and Sarah "Sallie" Stephenson, Lane attended college in Pennsylvania and studied medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. He entered the U.S. Army, and was appointed post surgeon at Fort Harrison in 1816. He resigned from the army in 1819 to enter private practice. He married February 26, 1818 in Vincennes, Indiana to Miss Mary Ewing, daughter of Nathaniel Ewing and Ann Breading. Their children were Anne Ewing Lane (1819-1904), Sarah L. Lane (1821-1887), and Victor Carr Lane (1831-1848).

He served as St. Louis's first mayor from 1823 to 1829. His city had 4000 people at the time. He oversaw the first public health system in the city, free public schools, and street improvements, including the paving of Main Street. Lane helped erect the city's first town hall. He was also instrumental in beautifying the city with fountains and greenery. The City Seal was adopted, and election procedures were written. Perhaps the most memorable event in his term was a visit by Lafayette in 1825, and a ball given in his honor.

Lane served again as mayor from 1837 to 1840. In 1852, President Millard Fillmore appointed him to be the new governor of the New Mexico Territory. After this term, Lane returned to St. Louis and practiced medicine until his death in 1863.

External links

* [http://exhibits.slpl.lib.mo.us/mayors/data/dt52748968.asp St. Louis Public Library: St. Louis Mayors Exhibit, William Carr Lane]
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