What is James Henry Lane (Union General)?
{{Infobox Senator |name = James Henry Lane |image name = James Henry Lane.jpg |office1 = [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] <br> from [[Kansas]] |term1 = April 4, 1861 – July 11, 1866 |preceded1 = ''seat established'' |succeeded1 = [[Edmund G. Ross]] |state2 = [[Indiana]] |district2 = [[Indiana's 4th congressional district|4th]] |term_start2 = March 4, 1853 |term_end2 = March 3, 1855 |preceded2 = [[Samuel W. Parker]] |succeeded2 = [[William Cumback]] |order3 = 11th |office3 = Lieutenant Governor of Indiana |governor3 = [[Joseph A. Wright]] |term_start3 = December 5, 1849 |term_end3 = January 10, 1853 |preceded3 = [[Paris C. Dunning]] |succeeded3 = [[Ashbel P. Willard]] |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |otherparty = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (before 1856) |birth_date = {{birth date|1814|6|22}} |birth_place = [[Lawrenceburg, Indiana|Lawrenceburg]], [[Indiana Territory]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1866|7|11|1814|6|22}} |death_place = [[Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth]], [[Kansas]] |spouse = Mary E. Lane |religion = |allegiance = [[United States|United States of America]] |rank = [[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] |branch = [[United States Army]]<br />[[Union Army]] |serviceyears = 1846–1848, 1861–1862 |battles = [[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]] |footnotes=| }} '''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 [[United States Senate|Senator]], and he was a general for the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. Although reelected as a Senator during 1865, Lane committed [[suicide]] the next year. ==Biography== Lane was born