Henry Smith Lane

Offices

Indiana House
Montgomery County
In office
Dec 4, 1837 to Dec 3, 1838

Party: Whig
Assumed: General Election
12 months, 4 days
U.S. House
District 7
In office
Aug 3, 1840 to Mar 4, 1843

Party: Whig
Assumed: Special Election
Left: Did Not Run
2 years, 7 months
Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 14, 1861 to Jan 16, 1861

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
2 days
U.S. Senate
Class 3
In office
Mar 4, 1861 to Mar 4, 1867

Party: Republican
Assumed: Elected by Legislature
Left: Did Not Run
6 years, 1 day
Henry Smith Lane spent 9 years, 7 months, 2 days in office in Indiana, including 8 years, 7 months, 1 day at the federal level and 1 year, 1 day at the state level.

Elections

1860–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 6, 1860
51.89%
Henry Smith Lane*, Republican, 136,736 votes
48.11%
Thomas Andrews Hendricks, Democratic, 126,767 votes
Out of 263,503 votes casts, the margin of victory was 9,969 (3.78%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Henry Smith Lane had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.