# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-lane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:49:18.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-lane"
name: "Joseph Lane"
slug: "joseph-lane"
description: "Joseph Lane was an American politician and soldier. He was a state legislator representing Evansville, Indiana, and then served in the Mexican–American War, becoming a general and commanding the 2nd Indiana Volunteers. President James K. Polk appointed Lane as the first governor of Oregon Territory. When Oregon was admitted as a state in 1859, Lane was elected one of Oregon's first two U.S. senators."
tagline: "American politician and soldier (1801-1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Lane_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1801-12-14"
deathDate: "1881-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.37
  momentum:             19.15964024732996
  historical:           12.090684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جوزيف لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزيف لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزف لین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane"
    title: "Joseph Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane"
    title: "Joseph Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جوزف لین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane"
    title: "Joseph Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'וזף ליין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane"
    title: "Joseph Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane"
    title: "Joseph Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane"
    title: "Joseph Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Лейн, Джозеф"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane"
    title: "Joseph Lane"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372848"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump