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in Audubon's store and writing in the clerk's office. He was married in 1820 to Polly, daughter of Robert Layton, of Hendex'son county, Kentucky, and settled on a farm in Vanderburg county. He was a representative in the Indiana state

legislature, 1822-46; enlisted in the 2d regiment of Indiana volunteers as a pri- vate in 184G, was com- missioned colonel a few weeks later and was appointed briga- dier-general in June, 1840. lie participat- ed in the battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 23, 1847, where he was wounded; the battle of Huamant- la, Oct. 9, 1847, re- ceiving the brevet of major-general for gallantry; was in command at Atlixco; took Matamoros, Nov, 22, 1847; captured Orizaba in January, 1848, and fought the robber- chief Jarauta, in June and July, 1848. He was ap- pointed governor of Oregon by President Polk, serving 1849-00, and a second time by President Pierce, in 18.53, but resigned the same year to become a candidate for delegate to congress. He was a Democratic delegate from Oregon Territory to the 32d and 35th congresses, 1854-59. He com- manded the settlers in the campaign against the Rogue Indians in 1853, and at the battle of Table Rock defeated them, but was himself severely wounded. Upon the admission of Oregon as a state, Feb. 14, 1859, he was elected U.S. senator and served, 1859-61. He was nominated for Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with John C. Breckinridge for President in 1860, and after the election he retired from political life. He died in Roseburg, Ore., April 19, 1881.

LANE, Lafayette, representative, was born in Vanderburg county, Ind., Nov. 12, 1842; son of Gen. Joseph and Polly (Layton) Lane. He was educated in Washington, D.C., and in Stamford, Conn., was admitted to the bar in 1863 and practised at Roseburg, Ore. He was a repre- sentative in the state legislature in 1864, code- commissioner of Oregon in 1874; was a Demo- cratic representative in the 44th congress, 1875- 77, having been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George A. La Dow, and was defeated for re-election in 1876. He died in Rose- burg. Ore.. Nov. 2:?. 1S90.

LANE, William Coolidge, librarian, was born in Newtonville, Mass., July 29, 1859; son of William H. and Caroline f Coolidge) Lane. He prepared for college in the public schools of New-

ton and was graduated from Harvard in 1881. He was an assistant in the Harvard library, 1881- 87, and in charge of the catalogues, 1884-93; as- sistant librarian at Harvard, 1887-93; librarian of the Boston Athenaeum, Mass., 1893-98, and in 1898 lie was elected librarian of Harvard to suc- ceed Dr. Justin Winsor. He was secretary and treasurer of the American Library association, publisliing section, from its organization in 1886, president of the American Library association, 1898-99; was made secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa society in 1889, and librarian of the Dante society in 1888. He is the author of: The Dante Collections in the Harvard College and Boston Public Libraries (1890); Index to the Subject Catalogue of Harvard College Library (1891); and other bibliographical publications and re- ports.

LANG, Benjamin Johnson, musician, was born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 28, 1837; son of Benjamin and Hannah Lang. He studied music under his father, an organist and pianoforte teacher; un- der Francis G. Hill and Gustav Satter of Boston, Mass., and in 18.55 went to Germany, where he studied under Franz Liszt, Albert Jaell and others, returning to Boston in 1858. He was mari'ied, Dec. 10, 1861, to Frances Morse, daugh- ter of Johnson Burrage of Boston. He was elected organist of the Handel and Haydn society in 1859; conductor of the Apollo club in 1868: of the Cecilia society in 1874, and of the Handel and Haydn society in 1895. He also became promi- nent as a pianist and teacher of the piano-forte and as the composer of chui-ch music, and in 1901 was organist and choir-master at King's Chapel, Boston, Mass.

LANG, Louis, artist, was born in Waldsee, Wiirtemburg, Germany, Feb. 29. 1812. He was the son of a painter of historical subjects. He studied art at Stuttgart and in Paris and re- moved to Philadelphia, Pa., where he occupied a studio, 1838-41. He was in Italy, 1841-45; in New York city, 1845-72; in Rome, Italy, 1872-79, and in New York, 1879-93. He was a member of the Century association, 1849-93; an associate of the National Academy of Design, 1852-93. and an honorary member of the Artists" Fund society. By the terms of his will his canvasses and studio furnishings were sold for the benefit of the Artists" Fund society. Among his works are: Mary Stuart Distributing Gifts, Maid of Sara- gassa, Twelfth Night at the Century, Romeo and Juliet, owned by the Century association; B/i«c? Lydia; Jephtha's Daughter: Neapolitan Fisher Family: Little Graziosa among the Butterflies (1871); Landing of the Market Boat at Capri, Centennial Exhibition. Pliiladelpliia, Pa.. 1876; Portrait of a Little Child, Academy of Design, 1885. He died in New York city. May 8, 1893.