- Harry Lane
Infobox Senator
name= Harry Lane
imagesize= 140px
office= United States Senator from Oregon
party= Democrat
term=March 4 1913 –May 23 1917
preceded=Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
succeeded=Charles L. McNary
office2= Mayor of Portland, Oregon
term2= 1905–1909
preceded2=George Henry Williams
succeeded2=Joseph Simon
constituency2=
date of birth=August 28 1855
place of birth=Corvallis, Oregon
date of death= death date and age|1917|05|23|1855|08|28
place of death=San Francisco, California
spouse=
profession= doctor
religion=
footnotes=Harry Lane (
August 28 ,1855 -May 23 ,1917 ) was a physician and politician who served as United States Senator from the state ofOregon .Early life and education
Lane was born in
Corvallis, Oregon in 1855. He was the grandson of Oregon politicianJoseph Lane and a nephew of OregonU.S. Representative Lafayette Lane . He received his undergraduate degree fromWillamette University in 1876, and his medical degree from Willamette's medical school two years later.Medical career
Lane did his postgraduate work at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons inNew York City and began a medical practice inSan Francisco . He returned to Oregon and practiced medicine in Portland and was the superintendent of theOregon State Insane Asylum (now the Oregon State Hospital) from 1887 to 1891.Political career
He was elected mayor of Portland in 1905 and served one four-year term. At the end of the
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition , he advocated for a "permanent rose carnival", leading him to be called the "Father of thePortland Rose Festival ", which continues today. In 1912, he was elected to theUnited States Senate , where he served on the Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection and the Committee on Fisheries.Lane died in San Francisco on
May 23 ,1917 , with interment at Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU.html#RBB1CQ6LY Political Graveyard: Lone Fir Cemetery] ]References
"This article incorporates material from the
public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ."External links
*CongBio|L000059
* [http://www.rosefestival.org/events/centennial/ Portland Rose Festival: Centennial Events]
* [http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/rose_festival.html PDXHistory.com: Rose Festival]
*Find A Grave|id=6306942
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