About George Washington Lane
Lived 1806 – 1863 (aged 56–57). George Washington Lane was an American lawyer, judge and politician.
George Washington Lane (1806 – November 12, 1863) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Education and career
Born in Cherokee County, Georgia, Lane moved to Limestone County, Alabama with his family in 1821 and read law with Judge Daniel Coleman in Athens, Alabama to enter the bar, and practiced there until 1829. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1829 to 1833, a County Court Judge in Alabama beginning in 1832, and a Judge of the Alabama Circuit Court from 1834 to 1846. He was in private practice in Huntsville, Alabama from 1846 to 1861. Lane opposed the secession of Alabama from the United States.
Death Lane died on November 12, 1863 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Honors Lane was inducted into the Alabama Lawyers' Hall of Fame in 2024.
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United States federal judge (1806–1863)
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George Washington Lane was born in 1806 in Cherokee County.
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George Washington Lane died on 12 November 1863 in Louisville.
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George Washington Lane was a lawyer, judge and politician.
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