James Henry Lane (Union General)

James Henry Lane, also known as Jim Lane, (June 22, 1814 – July 11, 1866) was a partisan during the Bleeding Kansas period. It was right before the American Civil War. During the war itself, Lane was a United States Senator, and he was a general for the Union. Although reelected as a Senator during 1865, Lane committed suicide the next year.
Biography.
Lane was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He was the son of Amos Lane.
He was a U.S. congressman from Indiana (1853–1855) where he voted for the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
On June 3, 1858, Lane shot and killed Gaius Jenkins in a land dispute in Lawrence. Reports say Jenkins was coming to get water from a well on the disputed land. Jenkins was reported to have been showing a revolver. Lane had a shotgun. One of the men with Jenkins shot Lane in the leg, and Lane shot back killing Jenkins.
Death and legacy.
On July 1, 1866 Lane shot himself in the head as he jumped from his carriage in Leavenworth, Kansas.
The following places were named in honor of him: