# Thomas J. Lane

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American politician (1898–1994)

Thomas Lane Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council from the 5th district In office 1965–1977 Preceded by John Buckley Succeeded by John Markey Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th district In office December 30, 1941 – January 3, 1963 Preceded by Lawrence J. Connery Succeeded by F. Bradford Morse (redistricting) Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 5th Essex district In office 1939–1941 Preceded by James Meehan Succeeded by Michael Flanagan Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1927–1938 Personal details Born Thomas Joseph Lane (1898-07-06)July 6, 1898 Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S. Died June 14, 1994(1994-06-14) (aged 95) Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S. Party Democratic Education Suffolk University (LLB)

**Thomas Joseph Lane** (July 6, 1898 – June 14, 1994) was a [U.S. representative](/source/U.S._representative) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) from 1941 to 1963, notable for having been re-elected after serving time in [federal prison](/source/Federal_prison#United_States).

Lane was born in [Lawrence, Massachusetts](/source/Lawrence%2C_Massachusetts) on July 6, 1898 and graduated from Lawrence High School. Lane received an LL.B. in 1925 from [Suffolk University Law School](/source/Suffolk_University_Law_School) in Boston, Mass and then served in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army).

## Massachusetts General Court

Lane was lawyer in private practice and a member of the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) from 1927 to 1938 and a member of the [Massachusetts Senate](/source/Massachusetts_Senate) from 1939 to 1941.

## Congress

Lane was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [United States Representative](/source/United_States_Representative) [Lawrence J. Connery](/source/Lawrence_J._Connery), and reelected to the Seventy-eighth and the nine succeeding Congresses. Lane, also, sponsored the legislation in the House of Representatives that called for the [National Conference on Citizenship](/source/National_Conference_on_Citizenship) (NCoC) to become a Congressional – chartered organization. He later served on the Board of the Directors of the NCoC. He served from December 30, 1941 to January 3, 1963.

In 1956, Lane was re-elected after serving four months in prison for evading $38,542 in income taxes.[1][2][3]

## Later life

Lane was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962. He served as a member of the Governor’s Council for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1965 to 1977.

He died on June 14, 1994, in [Lawrence, Massachusetts](/source/Lawrence%2C_Massachusetts) and his interment was at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, [North Andover, Massachusetts](/source/North_Andover%2C_Massachusetts).

## See also

- Massachusetts legislature: [1927–1928](/source/1927%E2%80%931928_Massachusetts_legislature), [1929–1930](/source/1929%E2%80%931930_Massachusetts_legislature), [1931–1932](/source/1931%E2%80%931932_Massachusetts_legislature), [1933–1934](/source/1933%E2%80%931934_Massachusetts_legislature), [1935–1936](/source/1935%E2%80%931936_Massachusetts_legislature), [1937–1938](/source/1937%E2%80%931938_Massachusetts_legislature), [1939](/source/1939_Massachusetts_legislature), [1941–1942](/source/1941%E2%80%931942_Massachusetts_legislature)

- [List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes](/source/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes)

- [List of federal political scandals in the United States](/source/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States)

- [Suffolk University Law School](/source/Suffolk_University_Law_School)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Long, Kim (18 December 2008). [*The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals, and Dirty Politics*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2sNp1l1pNroC&dq=Thomas+Joseph+Lane+tax+evasion&pg=PT372). Random House Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-307-48134-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-307-48134-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Thomas J. Lane"](http://www.nndb.com/people/417/000173895/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Indictments--A Grand Congressional Tradition Since 1798"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-05-op-1411-story.html). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. 1994-06-05.

- United States Congress. ["Thomas J. Lane (id: L000065)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000065). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Lawrence J. Connery Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district 1941–1963 Succeeded by Torbert Macdonald

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