William Carr Lane (December 1, 1789 – January 6, 1863) was a doctor and the first mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, serving from 1823 to 1829 and 1837 to 1840. He later served as Governor of New Mexico Territory, from 1852 to 1853.
William Carr Lane
Carr as depicted in Volume 1 of 1909's St. Louis, the Fourth City, 1764-1909.
Lane served as St. Louis's first mayor from 1823 to 1829, when the city's population was around 4,000. He oversaw the first public health system in the city, free public schools, and street improvements, including the paving of Main Street. Lane helped erect the city's first town hall. He was also instrumental in beautifying the city with fountains and greenery. The City Seal was adopted, and election procedures were written. Perhaps the most memorable event of his service was an 1825 visit by Lafayette. Lane served again as mayor from 1837 to 1840.
In 1852, President Millard Fillmore appointed him governor of the New Mexico Territory. During his tenure, Lane seized disputed land in the Mesilla Valley that he had no authority over. He sought to use the land as a route for the transcontinental railroad, but President Franklin Pierce did not approve of the seizure. Further tensions over the disputed land were eased when James Gadsden purchased it.[2] After this service, Lane returned to St. Louis and practiced medicine until his death in 1863. He was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery.[3] A street in St. Louis is named in his honor.
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^"William Carr Lane (1789-1863)". Dickinson College. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
^"William Carr Lane". New Mexico History. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
^"Mayoral Spotlight: William Carr Lane". StLouis-MO.gov. October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
Conard, Howard Louis (1901). Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri. Vol. 1. New York; Louisville; St. Louis: The Southern History Company. pp. 569–572. OCLC 32872107.
"Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis". Daily Commercial Bulletin & Missouri Literary Register. November 14, 1837.
"Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis". Daily Commercial Bulletin and Missouri Literary Register. December 2, 1837.
Twitchell, Ralph Emerson; Carr Lane, William (1917). Historical Sketch of Governor William Carr Lane. Santa Fe: Historical Society of New Mexico. OCLC 2629819.
Darby, John Fletcher (1880). Personal Recollections. St. Louis: G. I. Jones and Company. p. 335. OCLC 497877. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
External linksedit
Richard Edwards & Merna Hopewell, Edwards's Great West and Her Commercial Metropolis (1860) p. 571 "William Carr Lane, First Mayor of St. Louis"
William Carr Lane at the St. Louis Public Library Mayors Exhibit website.
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