James H. Lane

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James H. Lane was a prominent American politician and Union general from Kansas, known as a leading Free-State advocate and key figure in the Bleeding Kansas conflict and the Civil War.

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James Lane 1

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instanceOf American politician
Free-State advocate
Union Army general
United States senator
human
burialPlace Lawrence, Kansas
causeOfDeath suicide
conflict American Civil War
Bleeding Kansas crisis
surface form: Bleeding Kansas
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1814-06-22
dateOfDeath 1866-07-11
endTime 1866-07-11 (U.S. Senate service)
familyName Lane
givenName James
ideology Unionism
anti-slavery
mannerOfDeath suicide by firearm
memberOf United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
militaryBranch Union Army
militaryRank brigadier general
militaryUnit Kansas Brigade
movement Bleeding Kansas crisis
surface form: Free-State movement in Kansas
notableEvent participation in the Sack of Osceola, Missouri (1861)
notableFor key leadership in Bleeding Kansas conflict
recruiting Kansas regiments for the Union Army
notableRole leader of the Free-State cause in Kansas Territory
organizer of Kansas volunteer regiments for the Union
notableWork leadership of Free-State forces in Kansas Territory
occupation lawyer
politician
soldier
placeOfBirth Lawrenceburg, Indiana
placeOfDeath Leavenworth, Kansas
politicalParty Democratic Party
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
positionHeld United States senator from Kansas
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana
regionOfActivity Indiana
Kansas Territory
residence Kansas Territory
Lawrence, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
sexOrGender male
startTime 1861-04-04 (U.S. Senate service)
stateRepresentedInHouse Indiana
stateRepresentedInSenate Kansas

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Topeka Cemetery hasNotableBurial James H. Lane
Edmund G. Ross replaced James H. Lane
Lanesborough, Massachusetts namedAfter James H. Lane
this entity surface form: James Lane
Lane County, Kansas namedFor James H. Lane