Alexander Lane
Alexander Mills Lane was an American physician and politician.Biography
Lane was born in Lexington, Mississippi and was an African-American. He moved with his family to Tamaroa, Illinois in 1865. Lane went to the public schools and to Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He had live in Carbondale, Illinois at one time and served as principal of schools for the African-American students for over ten year. He received his medical degree in 1895 from Rush Medical College. Lane lived in Chicago, Illinois and served as an assistant county physician for Cook County, Illinois. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911 and was a Republican. Lane died at his home in Chicago, Illinois.
