Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Holmes Lane

Full Name: Robert Holmes Lane
Birth date: March 15, 1815
Death date: December 16, 1871

Terms of Service

Senate, 11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
8/6/1866 - 10/31/1866
House, 4th Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853

(1) Lane resigned 10/31/1866, no successor. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal .
(3) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
(4) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: R. Lane, Bonham, Fannin County, nativity New York, lawyer, age 51 in 1866 (born circa 1815). Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. R.H. Lane, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Other Resources

Col. R.H. Lane, birth date 3/15/1815, death date 12/15/1872, burial in Bailey Inglish Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-July 1866, pp. 326-327. Robert H. Lane (c1815-fl1870), elected to State Legislature 1866 and later nominated by President Andrew Johnson and confirmed by Senate as internal revenue collector for Second District of Texas. Google Books .
LANE, ROBERT H. (1815-1871). Birth date 3/15/1815, death date 12/16/1871. Married Rebecca McFarland. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mexican War, Colonel, 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment of Volunteers. Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, Col. R.H. Lane, Dallas Herald, 12/30/1871, p. 1, reprinted from Texas News. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
James Newton Lane, son of Robert Holmes Lane and Rebecca McFarland Lane, p. 238. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, Bonham, Texas, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
Biographical sketch, p. 63. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.